Example sentences of "it [was/were] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The World 's Desire , Rider Haggard and his close friend Andrew Lang presented as it were their thesis of romance in a turgid tale based on certain theories of their time concerning possible trafficking between Achaean Greece , Crete and Egypt under the Ramessids . |
| 2 | I thought it was n't fair that I should begin to show when I was barely into my fourth month , and I got angry with my clothes , as if it were their fault that I pulled them out of shape . |
| 3 | A goose which follows a human being round as if it were its parent does not have its sexual behaviour anything like so disturbed ; when it grows up it will court other geese . |
| 4 | but she sold her house in Jersey , her husband retires in July , the school break , and erm and she said I 've got some good , er when I got home from wherever I 'd been , Rudy left me a note to say phone Val good news and I thought it were her back was good news , but she said no me medical problems were not good news , they dare n't operate cos me back 's in such a state and they have n't give her much hope for anything apart from a wheelchair sort of thing , later on in life and erm , but she said that I 've got a bit of good news I 've sold me house so I said ooh lovely , so she said I do n't know any more but I ring you and let you know , the next night she phoned me back , she said yeah me house has gone they got two hundred and twenty thousand for it , they wanted them out a week on Thursday |
| 5 | Her breast felt hollow , as if it were her heart she had buried ; but she could move and speak , still . |
| 6 | ‘ The trouble is she feels as if it were her fault . |
| 7 | He glared at her , as if it were her fault she could n't remember . |
| 8 | On it were her confirmation cross and the farthing Rob had given her soon after they met . |
| 9 | ‘ I hope you 'll be at the funeral , ’ said Viola in her grand way , as if it were her show and there 'd be cocktails afterwards . |
| 10 | Alternatively Vox could of course use a full width string tree on the headstock side of the nut , but if it were my decision I 'd opt for altering the machinehead ; it 's a lot neater and keeps the headstock looking authentic . |
| 11 | And I want to know them , know your family , walk into your house as if it were my house . |
| 12 | and also you know when Janet 's doing a stint because you can see if Barbara 's smokes well me and Jenny had a do that week and then you , it were my birthday on the Wednesday were n't it ? |
| 13 | After all , a guitar tech 's job has to depend on such accuracy , and if it were my job then I 'd rather put my faith in the R450 than a box-load of pocket tuners . |
| 14 | I started the Food Addict 's Diet and stuck to it as if it were my shadow . |
| 15 | When they came on Sunday , when it were your anniversary , she 'd got diarrhoea and sickness , Margaret . |
| 16 | ‘ But just think how much more enjoyable your victory would be if you were a member of the family , and it were your family firm ! ’ |
| 17 | It fails to put forward any options for accept for erm , equal rights , for disability or race , and we think this is an omission , and if it were your intention to write a response , we would want to include that point in the response we make . |
| 18 | I thought you were forty well it were your birthday in September were n't it ? |
| 19 | Oh it were your mam , I think your mam told me that you 'd got it out . |
| 20 | It were me dad , it were me dad that did n't take up |
| 21 | It were me dad , it were me dad that did n't take up |
| 22 | They said well your husband 's car 's been vandalised and they think it 's you that 's done it so we 've come to arrest you so she said oh I thought you 've come to tell me it were me daughter that was dead and he said , he said what you talking about ? |
| 23 | It were me boyfriend 's thirty-first . |
| 24 | ‘ Whilst there may be sanctuary men and sanctuary women — ’ he pointed out , producing as it were his trump card , ‘ — since children can commit no crime for which asylum would be needed , the privilege of sanctuary can not be extended to them . |
| 25 | I prefer it that way , too , ’ says Palin , for all the world as though it were his idea . |
| 26 | He smiled — the unknown , rare smile , as if it were his wife he was going to meet — and , lifting his glittering sword , thrust it upwards and forwards . |
| 27 | It were you day off ! |
| 28 | The divi was very important which is why I , as a Guild 's woman erm through I suppose the memories of mother , was so adamant in against the dividend stamps because to us , that woman who I 'd just been talking about , Councillor Mrs always , I 'm sure no one would mind me saying it , but she always used to tell us that it was her thrift and she saved and they brought their house through this , the Co-op you see . |
| 29 | She felt confident it would not dare to rain ; it was her holiday after all . |
| 30 | ‘ It was her life , you see , parties and pretty clothes , and putting them on makes her remember how happy she used to be . |