Example sentences of "[pron] were [verb] [adj] [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 | If I were to take this gun and shoot … who ? |
| 3 | If I were to choose any country in the world to live as a family in it would have to be somewhere different , perhaps exotic . |
| 4 | When I left at two o'clock , Tally and I were addressing each other by first names ( ‘ Elliot ’ was strange to him and we settled for ‘ Ellix ’ ) and I was able to address the two waitresses by their first names without feeling uncomfortable . |
| 5 | I were gon na report it today then I got talking with gaffer I were sorting this job out |
| 6 | I were telling you about Irene , I were filling this thing in and I put right , sixty four I were gon na put sixty four , that were it . |
| 7 | When I first started I were getting fourteen shilling a day . |
| 8 | Every time I took a big breath I were getting short pains all down this side ? |
| 9 | And I were to guess that learning together is also a model of rich and diverse possibilities . |
| 10 | Well they 've wanted a mid-field player and a good striker , now people well write letters to local press informing them of this , but they do n't seem to be prepared to do this , they , the managers want to do their own thing as far as I can see they think the people on the terraces do n't know anything , but Jim and I were saying last night they wanted a mid-field player for ages now all this season , a ball winner , they have n't had one since Willie used to play and |
| 11 | DENNING J. stated the facts and continued : If I were to consider this matter without regard to recent developments in the law , there is no doubt that , had the plaintiffs claimed it , they would have been entitled to recover ground rent at the rate of £2,500 a year from the beginning of the term , since the lease under which it was payable was a lease under seal which , according to the old common law , could not be varied by an agreement by parol ( whether in writing or not ) , but only by deed . |
| 12 | I had a phone call , and you know that place I were going this afternoon ? |
| 13 | If I were to rewrite this book in ten years ' time , in the light of further research and experience , my own views might well have changed somewhat . |
| 14 | If I were to seek one word to describe the quality of these works of art many by famous names , many by local artists to whom the purchase brought rare encouragement — I should say that they are alive . |
| 15 | ‘ I would back myself to score 20 goals this season if I were to have three chances in every game , but those opportunities do not come so easy for me in Italy . |
| 16 | If yu were to eat brown bread . |
| 17 | Ali poses a question , his eyes closed , his lips parting as if her were sliding open manhole covers . |
| 18 | All these were metal aircraft , built of aluminium sheet to which were riveted L-shaped aluminium stringers . |
| 19 | The BEA also looked carefully at the possibility of importing plant and materials , but ( with steel prices significantly higher in the USA and Europe and considerable difficulties in obtaining foreign exchange ) they confined themselves to importing only a few specialist components which were causing serious delays in the programme . |
| 20 | In several respects this period witnessed a working out of the legacy of the Civil War , and many of the issues which were to cause political division in English society under the later Stuarts stemmed from problems which had been left unresolved by the Restoration of 1660 . |
| 21 | On Boxing Day , which was really hot , a party of us drove to Riverton and had a good laugh about Riverton Rocks , which were given maximum rating ( 3 stars ) in the Guidebook but turned out to be just rocky outcrops offshore . |
| 22 | Three subsequent laboratory studies , however , have failed to show any overall improvement in recognition sensitivity for films which were given high risk ratings . |
| 23 | Thus situations which were given high accident estimates tended to show an improvement in memory when risk was experienced . |
| 24 | An underground nuclear test in January 1989 near Semipalatinsk ( Kazakhstan ) sparked off local protests which were given formal support by the Kazakhstan Supreme Soviet in November . |
| 25 | The wideband cable systems which were trumpeted some years ago could well carry high quality sound as well as umpteen television channels but their development has run into serious economic problems . |
| 26 | Nor can it be wholly explained by the employment changes which were pushing greater numbers of people into the market irrespective of wage trends . |
| 27 | Ashley gazed up into dark brown eyes which were sending intimate messages and telling her everything she had been longing to hear . |
| 28 | ‘ We passed outside the city walls , and after a little walk , entered ; i green garden door , and made our way to a little plain square building , in which were arranged wooden benches , a pulpit and below the pulpit a plain wooden table and chair . |
| 29 | A STRATHCLYDE region official has ‘ unreservedly apologised ’ for remarks linking genetics and the intelligence of Asian and black children which were condemned last week by community leaders . |
| 30 | She was standing by a small chest of drawers on which were littered various pieces of domestic junk and a pile of old magazines — True Story , Confessions , Tit-Bits and the like . |