Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | cabbage , savoy cabbage , carrots and he 'd cu cut them like I always cut them cos they were only them little baby carrots so , what I do I slice them down |
2 | like anything were n't we old boy ? |
3 | Toby , on the other hand , just looked in on the way to the boarding annexe , and popped straight out again , while Corbett Farraday had no particular fear of the boys — were n't they all boys together at Burleigh ? and stayed in the Staff Common Room for no other reason than to work himself up to an approach to Penny . |
4 | Aye , thirteen , were n't it that bugger . |
5 | Well she told me that he in six months , yeah it was planned were n't it six months |
6 | It was n't me last night ! |
7 | The Birds , was n't she that film called The Birds |
8 | Thomas Throgmorton — was n't he some kind of banker ? |
9 | I was very good at it was n't I last night , do n't you think ? |
10 | Was n't it five bob ? |
11 | cos you know that black stuff well , well that was four pounds was n't it that length ? |
12 | was n't it last time you came , years ago , and he cried ? |
13 | It was six pounds odd was n't it last time ? |
14 | Was it the Beaujolais Nouveau was n't it this week was it ? |
15 | Was n't it some illness which scuppered Sharpe . |
16 | ‘ It was n't you three times , ’ he reminded her . |