Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were the patient I would hope someone would have the common sense not to operate on me . |
| 2 | You might , were you in the celebrity business , react like literary agent Ed Victor : ‘ If I were the agent I would step on some jugulars to come home with $5 million for world-wide rights to the book and the film . ’ |
| 3 | I was the person who was supposed to go to every city before David got there to make sure that everything was in order , that the hall that was going to be performed in had all the facilities that were required — and the hotels — I had to check all of that . |
| 4 | I 've been through hell , Rachel , believing you had the same problem as me , and I was the man you wanted to go to bed with but could n't stand personally . ’ |
| 5 | I was the girl who couldaint say Non ! |
| 6 | I was the girl who couldaint say Non ! |
| 7 | In Diana 's young mind her brother 's gravestone with its simple ‘ In Loving Memory ’ epitaph , was a permanent reminder that , as she now recalls : ‘ I was the girl who was supposed to be a boy . ’ |
| 8 | My sister was the person who 'd been the trouble , she had boyfriends in infant school , I was the girl who always beat up the boys in infant school ! |
| 9 | Other cars were parked on the lines — it was difficult to find a space ! — but I was the driver he chose . |
| 10 | I 'm pretty sure that I was the reason she left the big house , though I had n't actually been born then . ’ |
| 11 | I was the beetle who woke up and saw the possibility of being a man . |
| 12 | The days of being the last one to leave any night out — ‘ I was the sort who was afraid he was missing out on something ’ — were then at an end . |
| 13 | Nothing was too much to ask if it prolonged her stay , she thought wistfully , so she smiled as she said , ‘ Considering that I was the culprit who booked them in on Ling 's day off , it 's the least I can do . ’ |
| 14 | Well , it was my flat got busted , I was the guy they came to kill . |
| 15 | ‘ If I make a mistake , I would much rather I was the guy who got the shrapnel . |
| 16 | ‘ I was the guy who was completely open . ’ |
| 17 | But as it emerged , his was the performance which caught fire quicker than any , helped by the deftly-timed efforts of a double doing spectacular somersaults . |
| 18 | But the appalling Carl Douglas and Rubettes are just as potent salvagers of memory as Mike Oldfield and the Pink Floyd , because theirs was the music of harrowing , lust-ridden parties and halitotic discos ; theirs was the music which made up the soundtrack of the most exciting moments of our lives . |
| 19 | He stood up , face scarlet , looking at her and speaking to her as though she were the whore he had called her . |
| 20 | This was given , then I said ‘ You were the gentleman who was brought in from the ‘ Cock ’ are you not ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You were the man she answered the door to , ’ he said glumly . |
| 22 | If you , if you were the patient you might say it 's wrong because erm she does n't look like she knows what she 's doing or there 's a mistake or something gets missed . |
| 23 | You were the person they looked on as an authority and father figure , a trust you clearly betrayed . |
| 24 | ( Write as if you were the person you have chosen . ) |
| 25 | It 's only then you say you were the person who telephoned . |
| 26 | but you were the person who actually worked out the , what costs would go in this document were n't you ? |
| 27 | Said you were top brass and that I could talk to you as if you were the Commissioner himself . " |
| 28 | Suppose you were the manager who had to organise an industry producing furniture . |
| 29 | She was a girl ; she was the girl who had sung ‘ I Ca n't Stop Crying . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ She 's like she was the day she had Apricot , ’ said Rhoda . |