Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Was she wearing it the day you were kidnapped ? ’ |
| 2 | Well she was she served me the other day , Dawn |
| 3 | We was we give him an aspirin he was alright . |
| 4 | Was he telling her the truth ? |
| 5 | Or , on second thoughts , knowing that she could probably hear their conversation , was he sending her the message to disregard any idea that his kisses might have had meaning behind them ? |
| 6 | Someone of my acquaintance once broke her ankle by falling over in the bathroom and while she could have dragged herself quite easily along the floor to a telephone in the bedroom if she had had one , as it was it took her the best part of an agonising hour to struggle down the stairs to the phone in the living room . |
| 7 | That was what made him a person . |
| 8 | That was what made you a target . ’ |
| 9 | That was what gave me the due . |