Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [det] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took part in the obstacle course which when I was that age I found it difficult . |
| 2 | Yes , it was all nonsense he was talking about it ! |
| 3 | ‘ If you 're — uh — gay , as they insist on calling it these days , then I 'll just have to accept it , but I shall always blame myself , always wonder where I went wrong with you , wonder whether it was that school I sent you to , I was never sure if it was a mistake or ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps it was that bump we went over , ’ said Bob hesitantly . |
| 5 | If it was that number it would be hundreds . |
| 6 | I felt well bloody marvellous , you now , i it was that imperative it had got ta be done , you ca n't have time o no I 'm sorry you ca n't ! |
| 7 | ‘ It was that woman you sent . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah yeah a good Da Dave manages Doncaster now he 's an ex manager of Walsall as well We lived at the Brown Lion at the time and er , I , I was out the front on the Saturday evening and I er manager 's just been to fetch his Sunday joint from the local butchers and he shouted across the road to his pal how have they got on , cos there was no radio in those days , and er he says they 've won two nil and the man dropped his meat in front of him and dribbled it all the way down the road , it was such excitement it was of course all people over the moon . |
| 9 | It was some music he 'd never heard before , but he turned it up loud anyway and took a deep breath and settled back into his seat . |
| 10 | They said it was some illness he had when he was young . |
| 11 | As I said , Gifford Tate and he were buddies , and it was some argument they had about colours . |
| 12 | He thought it was some research she was doing . |
| 13 | ‘ It was some research I was doing at Cambridge into the Black Death , ’ he said . |
| 14 | But the Frenchman was murmuring to him , a quick flow of English mixed with French , about nothing much , but Miranda could tell it was some business they had together . |
| 15 | Khor , he said it was some guy they know in Spiderglass itself — you know , they pay him and he sneaks out and does it right here . |
| 16 | It was this company they sorely missed once unemployed . |
| 17 | It was this policy he now resorted to in an attempt to win Martha back . |
| 18 | It was this guy I met in a cafe . |
| 19 | It 's colder than it was this morning I think . |
| 20 | And it was this background you see that er that er th th that gave me at least the need for to play some some part in |
| 21 | And I looked out the window , I could n't see anybody next thing a car moved off so whether it was same crowd I do n't |
| 22 | After pausing for a second he must have relented , because he told her that if it was any help she could borrow benches and trestle tables . |
| 23 | if it was any thing he 'd er |
| 24 | ‘ She 'll have the curtains drawn , ’ said Preston , who suspected it was another commandment they 'd be breaking , even if he had n't specifically been told about it . |
| 25 | it was another company you know ? |
| 26 | if it was another girl he would have another one . |
| 27 | It was another world she was in , a world of promise that was even better when the grey weather lifted on the following Wednesday . |
| 28 | It was another thing we had in common . |
| 29 | Still , it was another thing he could reproach Gina with that night in bed . |
| 30 | It was another shop I went to . |