Example sentences of "was [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It 's not the money that 's holding things up , it 's that awful new kit — of course any fashion conscious young man like Raymond would n't be caught in that rig and there was me thinking he was just a low down money grabber .
2 Hunger , I find , is not a condition to relish , and there was me thinking I had a small appetite .
3 " It was me brought you together , " he said as they thanked him .
4 So if it was me walking his dog as he goes by he said we 'll see what , he said we 're rebuilding a new bungalow on the insurance claim .
5 . Now if that was me see I 'd very often .
6 It was me put you all on to the Om prayer .
7 Well if it was me to keep it balanced I usually put the bigger ones near the bottom or on one side so that the small bit are at the top and the big bits are at the bottom and artistically it looks a bit better balanced but it does n't really matter for the maths where you put it .
8 It was them molesting me .
9 She was threatened , and the primitive male instinct to protect what was his brought his entire body to battle-readiness within seconds .
10 And there was I thinking it was the chow mein we had on the flight . ’
11 But he was I tell you he was resurrected again .
12 I vaguely recall writing down the codes months ago and losing whatever it was I wrote them on .
13 As it was I said nothing .
14 But as it was I felt it would have been presumptive .
15 And , the worse thing for me was I lost my self confidence , I had no confidence whatsoever. , .
16 What I did there was I had my Trio preamp going through a Boogie 295 power amp into a couple of Boogie Black Shadow speaker cabs and I was switching between that setup and the Fender Twin .
17 She had erm it was I wish I had her hair cos , you know
18 Alice were having I said just lend me that twenty pound note cos you , and God knows what she thought the bill was I says I 've got seven pound , I says just lend me your twenty pound note , I says you 'll still have enough to pay I says and I 'll give you it back when I get home , you know ?
19 And they just had this the er er You know the what was I to say they had their their s scythes to cut the What was I to say ?
20 ‘ The reason I put you up was I heard you were good and … straight . ’
21 Yeah as I say , that unit trust thing I was I know it 's not the safest investment but it never was the safest investment .
22 And he was I know he was chubby but he was quite short .
23 I told my dad that was I chucked his in the bin and it had sort of stains on it and I told him that was
24 How was I to combat it , physically , menially , and although I had n't thought of it in those terms , spiritually as well ?
25 It was I thought you 'd of been in town all morning , no .
26 I thought he was I thought he was going to do something to himself .
27 I thought it was I thought it was er
28 Was I singing something ? ’
29 I think that 's what it was I left it too long .
30 ‘ Shall I tell you what it was I put my hand into , Jas ? ’
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