Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [vb pp] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but she said I were called one night I went with her daughter-in-law |
| 2 | I knew the answer before I was recalled twenty minutes later , and Dr Barton pronounced judgment . |
| 3 | When , in 1986 , I collected a new Nissan car that a sponsor had bought for me , I was stopped four times in one day because the car was new and , as I had been told frequently enough by the police when I worked on Ealing Community Relations Council , black men ca n't afford new cars . |
| 4 | I was born two miles away . |
| 5 | When I was born two voices cried from my mouth . |
| 6 | My parents were 21 when they wed , and I was born 10 months later . |
| 7 | I was given two year option in the first place , so so |
| 8 | My charge was supplying cocaine and I was given two years for that and one year each concurrent for possession of small amounts of cannabis , cannabis resin , amphetamines and LSD . |
| 9 | I saved on the knitted things by making all his little woollies myself and I was given six baby vests . |
| 10 | My job as a curate took mornings , afternoons and evenings , six days a week — I was given one day off — so there was no time to get fit by walking . |
| 11 | Here I was given one piece of advice : ‘ For you , the simplest is the best . ’ |
| 12 | MY WORST and only health problem developed after I was mugged five years ago outside the Embassy Club in Manchester , which I 've run for 32 years . |
| 13 | Having assisted an old woman at a zebra crossing , I was granted three wishes . |
| 14 | In fact , when I joined the party in 1967 , I was charged six shillings for my annual subscription . |
| 15 | While in Ceylon we visited Allied Headquarters in Kandy , where I was taken one afternoon by Colonel Christian into the ‘ War Room ’ to hear the reports received during the last twenty-four hours , and a commentary on them by a senior staff officer . |
| 16 | Because I happened to be fluent in French , I was promoted 11 months later to loan officer and assigned to the French-speaking Arab countries of North Africa , where I made my first international calls . |
| 17 | In the guards ' room I was shown two videos . |
| 18 | A. T. I was reported one day . |
| 19 | Strachan said : ‘ It came as a big surprise when I was told six weeks ago my name was being put forward . |
| 20 | I put my name on the list with everyone else , but was absolutely dumbfounded when I was told one day that it had come up , along with that of one of the other Waafs , and if we wanted to go we were to report to RAF Wyton at 10.00 hours the next day . |
| 21 | I was told one flight was full , and left the gate to mooch around the newsstands . |
| 22 | I was seized one day with the desire to go to the United States for a period of study . |
| 23 | Er , I 've been robbed and swindled , er I was burgled two months ago , my house was wrecked all my jewellery every thing taken simply because I had left my windows open slightly , now I 've got to sleep at night with all my windows closed and I do n't get a good nights sleep apart from feeling insecure any way and er the swindle er I trusted people and now I ca n't trust any body and that leaves you feeling very insecure . |
| 24 | I was awarded seventeen points out of twenty but judging by the worried looks and furrowed brows there were some lower scores . |
| 25 | He was duly cited for contempt , received a thirty-day sentence to jail and a fine , which were quashed two years later on appeal . |
| 26 | ASHANTI ARE a Belfast based three piece which were formed eight years ago by guitarist Steven Boyd — the last remaining original member of the band . |
| 27 | Environment Minister Emil Salim said that the 500 firms , spread over 11 of the 27 provinces of Indonesia , have failed to comply with water effluent standards which were set two years ago . |
| 28 | Note the wage rate at any point in time ( t ) is made up of an average of wages which were set one period earlier and those set two periods before . |
| 29 | At this point a servant appeared bearing a rough tray on which were set three horn beakers . |
| 30 | One dairy farm he visited on the way to Albuquerque had 750 cows which were milked three times a day through a 24/24 side-exit herringbone parlour . |