Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is done to allow them time to come back gradually to a state of full alertness without any sense of shock — but it would be just as effective if I were to snap my fingers or even simply to tell them to ‘ wake up ’ . |
| 2 | It began one morning at breakfast in the days when I was still a bachelor and Tristan and I were taking our places at the mahogany dining table . |
| 3 | Eh now then listen to this , yesterday I 'd er some beefburgers had er must 've dropped out me box when I were getting me things out of the c freezer and there were this er six beefburgers and two ch chicken breasts |
| 4 | I know I were showing her alarms and that she wanted to see how they work . |
| 5 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 6 | By the way , I met up with John Collins the other day and he and I were signing your praises . |
| 7 | However , perhaps if I were to concentrate my efforts on finding an emergent path for your good self , I would be successful . |
| 8 | There 's no real hurry , it 's not till 11.30 ) chatting brightly to hide the hollow empty absence of anything at all in the way of feeling , and kept my eyes off Toby 's face which had a look on it as if someone were dragging his insides out . |
| 9 | Partly , I was n't doing the work because I thought my tutor had decided I was a poof but , more importantly , I was dragging my feet because I was n't keen on the work itself . |
| 10 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
| 11 | I was to see her years later , and talk much of Eliot , they were fellow-citizens of St Louis , Missouri , and almost of the same age . |
| 12 | As I panted into Stranraer Gardens , following the no-hopers rule for cross-country — never run in a straight line — I was flailing my arms left and right and zigzagging at an angle of about ten degrees to the horizontal . |
| 13 | Before I knew what I was doing I was slitting my wrists . |
| 14 | I was airing his sheets , you see , darling . |
| 15 | Soon I was pricking my ears at every hiss and rustle , every creak and sigh , every flap , scuttle and click . |
| 16 | All the time , I was straining my ears to hear Tom through the wall . |
| 17 | ‘ When I was born my parents called me Mikhail Holovich . |
| 18 | Three years after I was born my parents decided to add another member to our family , my brother , . |
| 19 | Would n't mind so much but they kept taking the piss out I was wearing my socks . |
| 20 | I believe I was collecting my thoughts for a renewed effort when the young gentleman suddenly rose to his feet , and clutching his attaché case to his person , said : ‘ Well , I think I 'll go and take a little fresh air . |
| 21 | I was cold into the bargain , and when I was dropping my shorts , I overbalanced because of the painful shin , and soiled myself and my clothes with diarrhoea . |
| 22 | ‘ I was hoping you guys could help me out . |
| 23 | I was saving my energies for the return journey . |
| 24 | I was ruining his chances of getting free from the chains of misery attaching him to a rotten banlieue de Paris . |
| 25 | I was reading my instructions though and it said before you start pressing knobs |
| 26 | More and more I was enjoying my evenings with Frank and Sarge , and it was great to be accepted warmly into such a compatible family . |
| 27 | I was spreading my wings … wanting to fly higher , and further . |
| 28 | If I was to pop my clogs at work or any time you 'd get fifty five thousand eight hundred eighty pounds . |
| 29 | You know I was taking my jeans back ? |
| 30 | And when I was throwing my rackets and talking to the umpire it was breaking my concentration . |