Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd behaved so badly towards you right from the beginning that you were justified in calling me an ogre . |
| 2 | ‘ Those great bully-boys of yours were insisting on dragging me away from the children , who were crying and practically having hysterics in the midst of all that noise and shouting . |
| 3 | You said you were gon na give me it and then you did n't . |
| 4 | What were some of the , the tales you were gon na tell me about what you 'd heard ? |
| 5 | I thought you were gon na tell me some . |
| 6 | Now you said you were gon na tell me what 's happened on the news so far . |
| 7 | I thought you were gon na tell me you 'd won a fortune ! |
| 8 | But you said you were gon na bring me some erm these special tables . |
| 9 | You were gon na hit me then . |
| 10 | Eh you should hear it with Irene I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver . |
| 11 | I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver today . |
| 12 | So she jumped up , grabbed the pencil and everything , she got a screwdriver first , I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were looking for a pencil |
| 13 | The medieval element was a strong influence too : as a result , my mother was cajoled into making me a suede money bag with a draw-string and five polished threepenny bits for sovereigns . |
| 14 | There did not seem to be a satisfactory answer to that and indeed to prolonging this very bitter rollicking that he was bent on awarding me . |
| 15 | When I was about to take O-level Art and my teacher said I was a disaster , my father was shamed into giving me an intensive course ( 'I ca n't have a daughter not passing ’ ) and taught me painting , pastel drawing , cross-hatching , line drawing . |
| 16 | He was set on sweepin' me off me feet and doin' me wrong . |
| 17 | It , it was gon na cost me a thousand but I 've done a deal with a guy who 'd got stuck with some in Manchester so it 's gon na cost me five hundred which I 'm getting done this Friday . |
| 18 | It was gon na cost me a hundred and eighty pounds to have it repaired so I thought I might as well |
| 19 | Yeah he was gon na make me had it over . |
| 20 | I was gon na say me and rich , no I do n't think so no that 's just where they 'll be a flush . |
| 21 | I knew he was gon na ask me that ! |
| 22 | Erm but I 'm hoping that one day he 'll see I know he 's seen my work and I think I 've got a sneaking suspicion that when he came in here he was gon na ask me to do it . |
| 23 | so , so then Anita goes , no I go tell him to put it in a letter then , yeah , and he was gon na put it in a letter and then he changed his mind and he said he was gon na ask me after school , but then he did n't ask me after school and Kate gave him my phone number and then he phoned me |
| 24 | I know , my teacher at school owns Lord and Cragson Floors , he was gon na get me the lino quickly . |
| 25 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 26 | She was gon na kill me 'cos Sister Rosario gave her the ruler for pulling me plaits . |
| 27 | He was gon na see me home , protect me . |
| 28 | It 's gon na take me ages , I thought it was gon na take me . |
| 29 | she said she was gon na ring me back , but you see I have n't been here this afternoon so I 'll perhaps ring again tomorrow . |
| 30 | said he was gon na ring me last night and he 's had plenty of time to ring tonight |