Example sentences of "was [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | half seven bus , and there was me waking at ten past seven picked him up fucking dinner and here 's me I 'm away in here to waken up . |
| 2 | There was nowhere ter sit an' so there was me standin' in front of 'is desk like a bad little boy . |
| 3 | The worst bit was them going to school , knowing that all the other children knew . |
| 4 | The find was his to dispose of as he liked . |
| 5 | ‘ I reckon she told him the youngest boy was his worked on him that way . |
| 6 | What was I thinking about ! ! |
| 7 | Whom was I speaking to ? |
| 8 | Nor was I frightened of Wolsey 's familiar , Doctor Agrippa , the black magician with his cherubic face and that strange perfumed smell which always accompanied him . |
| 9 | To this day I can not recall what it was I said to him . |
| 10 | Thus was I punished for wanting to go to these places , which I knew to be prisons for God . |
| 11 | Th there was sort of decorations on the saddles and things like that you know , and er , er , they had this firm and it was up of course , well , and it , to tell how far it was I had to be in by seven o'clock and I used to run it all the way . |
| 12 | Her Memoirs ( 1810 ) mention the writing of fiction obliquely ( ‘ was I soaring into the airy regions of fiction , I would quickly change the theme ’ ) , but do not mention any of the novels ascribed to her . |
| 13 | Thus was I blinded to the fact that he is , in fact , the quintessential heavy metal arsehole . |
| 14 | to actually create the right learning environment for them , there were a thousand little details that I had to attend to , like had I planned my lesson right , was I progressing in the right way round the classroom , had I remembered to chase up certain people 's homework , and stuff . |
| 15 | Was I called as a witness ? |
| 16 | What was I to do with all the material that I gathered ? |
| 17 | Basically you will listen for maybe seven minutes then you switch off for two minutes then you switch on again and then you try and think well what was I listening to seven minu well you know , three minutes ago what was probably said in the last two minutes . |
| 18 | ‘ Nor was I hinting for a guided tour . |
| 19 | ‘ What day was I born on ? ’ |
| 20 | my mother always , I used to say to her was I born in a gale , cos she could never get me in if the wind was blowing |
| 21 | And er you know he was I mean for instance at Salisbury Park he probably did n't mean anything but on Saturday when I was saying goodbye to him he said now I hope there 'll be somebody here at ten past ten to open this church tomorrow . |
| 22 | But I mean it 's it er it was great I mean the fact that I was I mean in in Aberdeen I was away from home , I mean you did n't even notice it , because of the number of Orcadians that popped in by the hospital and as I said sent cards and letters , it was great . |
| 23 | Then ask — " Who was I pretending to be ? " |
| 24 | Meanwhile , how was I to turn into Juliette Greco and Brigitte Bardot and Simone de Beauvoir all rolled into one ? |
| 25 | And later I decided what it was I believed about love . |
| 26 | What was I talking about ? |
| 27 | What on earth was I talking about here ? |
| 28 | say , anyway what I was gon na say was erm what was I talking about , hockey ? |
| 29 | What was I talking about ? |
| 30 | Sorry , was I talking to myself ? |