Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | bit I went I mean I was feeling a lit , was n't , I 'm gon na barf ! |
| 2 | ‘ I du n no , ’ said Camille , ‘ I expect she was making a what-d'you-call-it ? — one of those things . ’ |
| 3 | They say they were promised a full inquiry . |
| 4 | How he knew from which coach to retrieve her is a puzzle ; I expect he was telling a tale , but even this made him a very disagreeable character . |
| 5 | And we had our hiccups and we had all sorts of you know difficult moments for all of us where we all had to face ourselves and You know I remember my little boy said , Oh Mum y what about my Christmas you know I was putting a lot of time into the the striker 's Christmas and he said how do you become a striker 's child ? |
| 6 | I think , a lot of it , you know I was burning a bit so I think a lot of it was sort of it thinking about that blooming boiler . |
| 7 | tell I was wearing a hairpiece ? |
| 8 | If you did n't have your fortnightly visit you were allowed a letter in lieu or sometimes a phone call . |
| 9 | Yeah , I know you were buying a jumper one Christmas . |
| 10 | I was dialling it when I heard the door of Flat 2 open and I glanced over my shoulder to see Fenella , who had added pyjama trousers to her stripey shirt , and Lisabeth , in an ankle-length woollen dressing-gown , creeping down the stairs like they were doing a commercial for a new edition of A. A. Milne books . |
| 11 | All these big fellers about shouting , you know they was having a ball ! |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose I was feeling a bit guilty about being here , ’ she confessed in a burst of honesty that she instantly wished back . |
| 13 | I suppose I was defending a monarchy that had in the past seen some unsuitable sovereigns , while he somewhat deftly applied the same argument to unsatisfactory prime ministers . |
| 14 | The silence seemed to go on interminably , before either Mr Smith or Mr Jones found it in him to mutter : ‘ I suppose we were talking a little out of turn there . |
| 15 | ‘ Suppose we were to compose a letter to him , inviting him to meet us . |
| 16 | I believe they were given a home with luck and Arab backing , but then they wanted a State which they got , I believe they were entitled to one . |
| 17 | Well suppose he was having a shower was he ? |
| 18 | ‘ I reckon he was telling a pretty fair version of the truth , yeah ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I reckon he was carrying a hundred quid besides his pay . ’ |
| 20 | Near it was found a fragmentary base with a reference to Chios and names including Archermos . |
| 21 | now the best of the timber he had Gottonam Peters , the builders that were , I mean they were building a lot then and I 'm going back now to the fifties and the sixties Gottonam Peters they 'd done a lot of building in Upton in Chester and erm , developments er expect building sort of thing and er , they used to buy in all the three by twos and four by threes that he could get , the good ones second hand |
| 22 | ‘ I gather he was suggesting a conspiracy theory to the Steering Committee . |
| 23 | Jeez Mark I was having a laugh and a beer at the time , not researching a new episode of Inspector Morse ! |
| 24 | I think she was having a joke at my expense when she did it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Umm , well , I think we were getting a taxi . ’ |
| 26 | The Met think he was getting a cut , too . |
| 27 | ‘ I think he was sending a message , ’ I said . |
| 28 | Get a a small piece , you could buy a I think it was called a side of leather or a whole piece of leather and cut yourselves out of it.And erm leather was n't cheap even in those days , it varied in thickness . |
| 29 | Bet you wish you were using a Teeger |
| 30 | I wish we were having a picnic , and that it was hot , and I do indeed wish that we were all together ; though even if I were to hold the whole world against my chest , it would probably save us from very little . |