Example sentences of "[was/were] a [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine , because they were a lower grade they 'd meant nothing you see . |
| 2 | If there were a great discrepancy it would be a matter for thought . |
| 3 | If you were a weak patient you would die . |
| 4 | And the foreman er we used to play about , lark about , throw orange peel at each other you know , cos it were a boring job you just stand like this and you could more or less close your eyes , you know . |
| 5 | If you favoured sweating it out , you sat around on tiered benches and chatted with your friends until you started dissolving into steam , and then got yourself scraped down by a slave with a sort of sickle thing called a strigil , and massaged , and oiled and perfumed , or if you were a real fanatic you probably went straight from the hot room to take a cold plunge , like sauna addicts rolling in the snow . |
| 6 | When you when you were a young boy I was gon na ask get off the island manage to get |
| 7 | ‘ When I am shaving in the morning I say to myself that if I were a young man I would emigrate . |
| 8 | If there were a powerful king he might find some other way of terminating disputes and for this reason the church — which was not supposed to engage in warfare — was generally in favour of a king who could provide strong government . |
| 9 | They 'd fix you up with er better bonus , but if you were a black leg they 'd er be on less wagers . |
| 10 | He was right when he said the question I would have to answer most was ‘ When do we reach so and so ? ’ … and if I were a regular waiter he said I would know the answers , even though we 're thirty-five minutes earlier everywhere than the regular Canadian . ’ |
| 11 | If you were a professional model I should probably require you to take every stitch of clothing off , let alone your shoes and stockings , and , if you will remember , it is on the grounds of the business-like aspect of this arrangement that I have your aunt 's sanction to paint you . |
| 12 | But I was the Annie character — you know — if you were a good girl you 'd be rewarded , and it is n't nice to make a fuss . ’ |
| 13 | Oh yes , as they were filming at the Lyceum last week they were , it were a good programme I can tell you |
| 14 | ( b ) if the Panel were a statutory body it could find its rulings subject to frequent challenge in the courts with a consequent increase in delaying tactical litigation by the parties to takeovers ; and |
| 15 | Among the more provocative pieces were a dimpled Italian love-me bear sporting an insidiously vacuous expression , a hear-shaped button and a pot of gingham-coiffed confiture ; a topless Playboy blond embracing a limp-limbed Pink Panther whose sad , yellow eyes reveal unspeakable despair ; and a larger-than-life sculpture of gilded Michael Jackson , in white face , cuddling Bubbles , his scarily twin-featured chimpanzee . |
| 16 | And he never forgive me for this you see because he were a big noise you know , he he 'd got a big business in . |
| 17 | His enormous hands dwarfed the elegant menu which he was studying in apparent disbelief , and Peter Yeo noticed again , as Barton without rising extended one massive paw , that though the fingers were an ordinary length it was the width of the palms that made the hands so large . |
| 18 | The bland presentation of the palaces is something which , in Ms Turton 's view , leaves them vulnerable to gross misinterpretation : ‘ If you were an American visitor you could almost think the Tower of London was built by Walt Disney . |
| 19 | And an anonymous journalist : ‘ If he were an American jockey he 'd be crucified . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If we were an interesting group we would n't need these silly clothes . |
| 21 | The company with whom she had been playing tennis and swimming and was now sitting , were an old friend she had known since Pony Club days , and her newly acquired husband , and David Fairfax , Junior , son of the house , spectacled and earnest and studying to be a chartered accountant . |
| 22 | When I was a young houseman I — well , enjoyed a hectic love-life . |
| 23 | Some of you may have heard me say before that when I was a young ordinand I met up with a marvellous Canadian bishop , Ralph Dean . |
| 24 | You see , Father was actually born in Alberta — his parents came here from Wales — but when he was a young man he went back to visit , and fell in love with my mother and with Wales as well , and stayed there . ’ |
| 25 | Yet , curiously , when Philip himself was a young man he was not so concerned about the ‘ dignity of the Crown ’ . |
| 26 | He used to , he was not like that when he was a young man he |
| 27 | Adapt this by inserting bride 's or groom 's name ; e.g. ‘ When Steven/Annabelle was a young reporter he/she heard a shout from someone drowning in a river … ’ |
| 28 | I persuaded my mother that I should be the first visitor ; after all , I knew Parma better than she did , and since I was a young girl they might treat me more kindly . |
| 29 | If I was a young mother I 'd write in and demand re-runs of Joseph Losey movies or continuous showings of Jewel in the Crown , but then I 'd never get to learn about biological cleaners working at low temperatures . |
| 30 | The boy who brought him food in the morning was a young fellow he had never seen before , and not one of the men-at-arms , but by the look of him one who belonged behind Isambard 's chair in his great hall , or about his wardrobe to help him to dress . |