Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Snip , the mare , was n't as friendly or cooperative as Dick , and used to be very awkward when I was I sweeping the hay with her . |
| 2 | So anyway have a look at page fifty six cos I promised you yesterday that I would take you through the verb if you were you know the things you would want to know about . |
| 3 | She 's just like a week ago she was she did the manager 's job and , she drops she brings Joshua down here for about quarter to nine , then she goes back up to Stop Hill with the girls |
| 4 | Low and poor as we were we knew the value of brotherhood . |
| 5 | They were we found the Rice Crispies |
| 6 | And they they seemed very determined er you know if if you do n't I think you 'd better er put the the box there and within twenty four forty eight hours or whatever it was we had the box in Quix you know . |
| 7 | ‘ It was I sent the boy out after his act of vindication . |
| 8 | I saw erm we saw a campaign chair near Mold week before last it was I asked the guy how much put down on it , you know , he said thirty pounds so I sa , I said I saw it for forty . |
| 9 | And she said it was so funny , she said , you 'd get the , the so the poorer people perhaps would use this shop and erm and yet she said , people I knew in the street erm that were Conservatives dealt at the Co-op , where it was I suppose the best buy and they were saving the divi you know , and we thought it was quite funny really . |
| 10 | The next morning he plonked all this money on the table , about eighteen hundred quid , and said it was mine to re-do the kitchen and the bathroom . ’ |
| 11 | She would hiss , cluck and even stick out her tongue — anything to deter the cat from doing whatever it was she thought the cat was plotting to do . |
| 12 | Her name was Amadé , and it was she wove the baskets . |
| 13 | He had deliberately sent Dana away when he must know how important it was she wear the gown designed for her . |
| 14 | I think it was you waving the temptation under my nose . |
| 15 | ‘ It was you let the others know , ’ Glinwood said . |
| 16 | Well yes and they were it was you know the What impressed me also you know what it 's like when you go to these places I can remember going not so long ago to Blenheim and er just about to examine something and this thundering voice coming down the hallway , Do not touch . |
| 17 | have to give guarantees that the tape would not be abused , but I mean that in , in , in actuality you know , if it was you doing the training |
| 18 | It was you doing the games were you ? |
| 19 | I think we outnumbered their support here , it was it gave the players a great lift , it was tremendous erm all credit to them erm we will drag even more along to the next game . |
| 20 | ’ 'T WAS he escorted the dowager-duchess and my lady Anne to court . ’ |