Example sentences of "was [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 until took more responsibility because it was outside contractors you see
2 Even though we knew it was little girls he 'd be after , not little boys … ’
3 See you when you started crying last night there was no need for that Matt , nobody can what do you want me to do please you when you kick , that was three things you kicked over in the space of minutes
4 And then er and then of course when the council houses pulled dow er when the council pulled the down again , there was these houses you see .
5 but he he would never stay except , you know , it always had to be in respectable kind of a barn or something he would live in , least And in fact instead of that he would ra if it was good days he would rather lie at the dyke side .
6 Some pink pills or something but there was all sorts you know hat they used to say put your feet in hot in water , mustard and er fall down the stairs or go on a bus , they used to tell you all sorts of things you know to , and er anyway that 's what happened to me .
7 I think we had twelve or thirteen cars , so that was twelve shifts we could cover , we had three gates to cover cover , so and forty men , and just shared them out and that was all computerized , printed out , everyone had a copy , and on the whole it worked very very well .
8 Meredith explained it was touch-line supporters they were after rather than players .
9 Erm that was strategic plans I think .
10 Oh , it was eighteen months I should imagine , I was doing quite well , I 'd been praised by the head electrician and everything , for further advancement till er that particular incident stopped it .
11 It was two boys we met in the club .
12 No it was two pounds she said .
13 And before Ruth and Naomi could know anything of God 's provision , there was two steps they had to take .
14 Ironically , while Jack was with the latter , he had a fabulous season as a goalscoring wing-half and it was two goals he scored against the Palace in early April 1952 which equalled the former record of 14 goals by a half-back established by Arthur Grimsdell .
15 Er you remember earlier this evening I said there was two ways you could help me
16 putting folk there and come back , and putting them and coming back and he then he did , that was four loads he would have had you see and then had to take them all back home again .
17 Well if it was four days it would be alright but
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