Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that both Linda and I were abused makes it worse because I want to help her , I want to comfort her , I want to care for her , but by doing that I 've got to forget about what 's happening to me . |
| 2 | Shortly after my return , the Governor was to make a tour of Central Burma and it seemed a great opportunity for me to gauge conditions outside Rangoon , so I was invited to accompany him . |
| 3 | I was I was tempted to sell it off cheap but I do n't want to sell it off too cheap cos it 's |
| 4 | I was tempted to call it a day there and then , pull over and have a kip , but my stomach reminded me that I had n't thrown it a bone since the ploughman 's at lunch-time , and it had been quite an eventful day . |
| 5 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 6 | And while I 'm on , there 's another thing I 'll say : I regret the day I was made to marry him . |
| 7 | ‘ That is exactly why I was sent to fetch you . |
| 8 | I mean look at myself , my father was a doctor , his father was a schoolteacher , so the way one used to look at things , that immediately when I was born put me in the middle class erm bracket . |
| 9 | I sometimes think I was born loving you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Oh curse/d spite , ’ she said aloud , ‘ that ever I was born to set it right . ’ |
| 11 | And every time I hear it , I think well I did n't know I was taught to say you and me . |
| 12 | No , I , I wo n't tell you how I was taught to do it because I was taught to do it very differently . |
| 13 | No , I , I wo n't tell you how I was taught to do it because I was taught to do it very differently . |
| 14 | I was taught to do it in first and use the accelerator . |
| 15 | I was given to understand it was an honour for me to have been invited , and I was very much on trial . |
| 16 | erm , but I mean I , I was given to believe he was full time he never said oh it 's so many days |
| 17 | In the present set-up I was comforted to know I held good cards . |
| 18 | I was instructed to tell you , and I have . |
| 19 | A dejected David Mellor , of the Royal Bank , told the magazine Doctor : ‘ I was led to believe it was n't an appropriate venue for a bank representative . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild . |
| 21 | In anger she wrote : — whatever you have a mind to do Ellen it is not for you to dictate Oreste 's future and I confess I was disturbed to have you write as though he were your son and not mine , which he is and you know you can not keep him and that it would be wrong . |
| 22 | But , of course , I was determined to take him into the company and his first role for us was Tamino in Magic Flute . |
| 23 | I was determined to see it and I pulled away from him and went up to the box office to pay my penny , hoping he would follow . |
| 24 | I was determined to give it maximum prominence . |
| 25 | There was no recording at that time , and it was a very difficult piece for the orchestra to bring off but I was determined to do it . |
| 26 | I became convinced of it and then … well , I was determined to find her . ’ |
| 27 | I was determined to make it into a lovely home . ’ |
| 28 | So I was determined to show them I could take a joke and the next time a big stork went over I pretended not to know what it was called and asked my girl . |
| 29 | I was determined to get him , and must have been concentrating so intently on his movements that , like a fool , I forgot to look in the mirror until it was too late . |
| 30 | Well I do n't know whether it 's good enough for a recorder , but erm I I the ends a little bit because I was rushed to get her so |