Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] in [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Told ya , I know when I were in hospital I had that stuff on me you know it were terrible even though it was |
| 2 | ‘ When I was in Dinosaur I never though I had any real talent . |
| 3 | He said I remembered last night he said if I was in bed I was gon na get wet . |
| 4 | But a spokeswoman for the Howard League for Penal Reform fumed : ‘ If I was in jail I would n't want people paying money to come and look at me as if I was in a zoo . ’ |
| 5 | and whilst , when I was in hospital I always had that feeling that I 'd love to hear the water lapping on a beach , you know and |
| 6 | Er if I was in power I 'd put a tax on every child after two I would have taxed you out of existence Ellen . |
| 7 | As soon as they knew I was in prison they were trying to get involved and everything . |
| 8 | When I was in prison I used to grip my fingers and bite my tongue and think , ‘ Right , do n't do anything . ’ |
| 9 | Whilst I was in prison I only saw my daughter twice . |
| 10 | When I was in prison I was n't hard to start with , but I soon got that way . |
| 11 | When I was in prison I learnt many things about cheques and cards . |
| 12 | Although I was in pain I was conscious and can remember seeing Callanish itself . |
| 13 | When you were in love you only thought of yourself and your love ; Ruth knew that well enough . |
| 14 | And when I asked yo and when I said to her , you were in toilet she got up and she ran across there ! |
| 15 | It erm well I du n no cos if you were in bingo they would say the bingo bus goes at |
| 16 | So when he heard you were in town he hit on a plan to get rid of both of you . |
| 17 | ‘ If you were in danger I would have told you , ’ he went on . |
| 18 | A few familiar miles rolled by before she was in territory she did not recognize . |
| 19 | See all the time she was in pain I laughed even but it was for nerves like . |
| 20 | DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE WERE IN PRÉFLEUR WE spoke little . |
| 21 | When we were in school they were saying ‘ you can be anything you f—ing wan na be ’ , and I think that was the first generation of women that ever heard that , except for thousands of years ago . |
| 22 | When we were in port he let me off work and allowed me to go ashore for as long as I wanted : " After all , you 're here to see these places . |
| 23 | Aye well we 've all spoken about it before and I mean yo When we were in hospital we spoke together about it and er obviously it 's it 's it 's something you that wo n't really be able to tell unless you give it try . |
| 24 | If we were in opposition we would do exactly the same . |
| 25 | Now if we created when we were in control we will win against them … or find an inspired Seaman . |
| 26 | Although they were in vogue she could not abide them : ‘ What beats me is when an unsentimental artist like Modigliani says : ‘ Oui , très joli ’ about them . |
| 27 | My sister buried all her valuables showing me the spot so that I could tell her children where they were in case she was killed . |
| 28 | So I would say to this Council when they were in power they set compulsive competitive tendering that sent thirteen hundred people down the road . |
| 29 | One issue that is particularly damaging is the decision by the Labour party that if it were in power it would tax British farmers and give the money to the farmers of Spain , Portugal and Greece . |
| 30 | some , some problem American typeface , and it was in fact it was great , it was straightforward . |