Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not as though I were writing a new book , ’ Elinor said crossly . |
| 2 | Today my brother and I were catching the 7.00 am aeroplane from Newcastle to Corfu . |
| 3 | If I were wearing a next-to-nothing nightie and he was sitting on my bed , I 'd be having serious trouble breathing too ! |
| 4 | I were flying the next day to Benidorm I 've had trouble all the time with me back |
| 5 | I wish we were having a picnic , and that it was hot , and I do indeed wish that we were all together ; though even if I were to hold the whole world against my chest , it would probably save us from very little . |
| 6 | Erm and , and very enjoyable days they were , but erm I think if I were to plan a big party , or an anniversary or something like that , and I 'd hope those would be jolly enjoyable days too . |
| 7 | If I were to use a fine grained canvas the paint would become thick and unworkable . |
| 8 | It 's the sort of ’ You stupid boy , stop trying to drown yourself ’ speech I can imagine I would deliver if I were dragging a recalcitrant lad back to land . |
| 9 | He explained the set-up ; Duncan and I were to pull an Aspel-laden rickshaw through the busy streets of Charing Cross — ignoring the irate rush-hour traffic , which was being held up by an army of floor assistants — to the steps of Charing Cross underground station . |
| 10 | If I were interviewing a new act , I would try to ascertain their sheer punishment factor . |
| 11 | ‘ It is n't very high on my list of priorities but I guess I 'd change my mind soon enough if I were to meet the right person . ’ |
| 12 | I would not want to change even if I were offered a British-sounding voice . |
| 13 | There was this rather famous instance where he had to scrub the floor while Pamela and I were having a long and involved discussion , but I was told that people could n't take their eyes off him . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't have the most stamina in the world , I was called a lazy player but I could have played till midnight . |
| 15 | When I started playing with white men I was called a Nazi , a traitor and was told I would be put up against a wall and shot . |
| 16 | Without noticing it , while I was looking the other way , I had become old ; so old that I was an ‘ old lady ’ , known as such at the village school . |
| 17 | I was looking the other day , when I was looking for some of these things . |
| 18 | I was looking the wrong way . |
| 19 | I was looking the wrong way . |
| 20 | The ribber tucked stitches because I was using a different colour — dyes can alter the tension quite considerably . |
| 21 | ‘ When I was working in Bishopsgate I was using a different method , ’ Dexter explained . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , I was using a few of them . |
| 23 | ‘ Before the Firebird I was using an old Gibson ES-175 up until about 1971 , ’ details Sonny . |
| 24 | I remember this fear quite distinctly as that of being swallowed up into some great emptiness : the struggle for individual identity , central to phenomenon of anorexia nervosa , had already begun , and already I was using the appropriate metaphor . |
| 25 | Suddenly , one of the organisers called my number , I had to take off my socks and shoes as you had to do the jump in bare feet and I had to go over to get weighed again on different scales to make sure I was using the correct cord ( they were very safety conscious about every aspect of the jump ) . |
| 26 | But I was dreading the French paper to which I had only given the dregs of my time as I had had so much else on my plate . |
| 27 | I was dreading the inevitable hitching to Ullapool . |
| 28 | ‘ I was acting the other times , yes . ’ |
| 29 | In 1988 , I was producing a major women 's conference at the Barbican and we needed a big bank of flowers . |
| 30 | I was calling the L-shaped room home for the first time , and thinking of it as such . |