Example sentences of "[pron] was and " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was no taller than I was and she wore a grey thing that looked like a schoolgirl 's dress . |
| 2 | I became conscious of where I was and what I was doing so I quickly stood up and dried my eyes . |
| 3 | I realised that they were all as shit-scared as I was and were content to stay where they were . |
| 4 | I was and remain a supporter of Chaplin 's view . |
| 5 | When I was put in charge of the start-up at Fawley at the ripe old age of twenty-nine most of my team were people who were twenty years older than I was and being on shift with a lot of operating people taught me the problems and the realisation that I could learn a hell of a lot from them — the realisation that the chap on the shop floor usually knows far more about what 's going on than management does . |
| 6 | There was Defries and his girlfriend and the guy I was and David called a couple of times . |
| 7 | ‘ I was and have always been his dog . |
| 8 | ‘ During the afternoon an irate woman rang my workplace to ask who I was and what I was like . |
| 9 | He did n't even notice the tannoy , he was already as tired as I was and he could barely stand ; I had to keep waking him up as he was swaying . |
| 10 | They were as shy as I was and the effort they made to be friendly was the most heartening thing I had experienced since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 11 | He got the shock of his life when he found out who I was and asked if my mother knew I was there . |
| 12 | I 'd tell him how miserable I was and maybe he 'd understand . |
| 13 | Of course , back then , the proles could n't get enough of me , waving their grotty flags at the wedding and saying what a breath of fresh air I was and calling their filthy little daughters Sarah . |
| 14 | I went to a clairvoyant once , when I was young and needed to be told , by anybody , who I was and where I was heading . |
| 15 | Naturally Richard had asked her where I was and when , realizing what she had done , she said I was at her flat , he had telephoned Jack and discovered this was untrue . |
| 16 | He was very much more out than I was and he knew where the gay scene was , not only in Edinburgh but also in London . |
| 17 | Tony Greig obviously was n't seeing the situation as I was and bowled him a bouncer first ball , which struck him on the point of the elbow . |
| 18 | And I 'd be aggressive and loud , but not aggressive towards him , but be loud and strolling up and down , making out I was a damn sight worse off than I was and all that . |
| 19 | I told him that I was and suddenly the ice was broken . |
| 20 | I did n't know how to begin , so began by assuming that my parents knew where I was and then proceeded to tell them all the details of the food , living conditions , pay and training . |
| 21 | I sometimes used to go and sit and draw with my Father in his study and he would always encourage my work and often pass on his own useful tips on technique for which I was and still am very grateful . |
| 22 | We 've just gone through Armistice Day and I was and it 's always made , made me feel there 's something a little bit wrong about Armistice , it seemed more of a glorification in the way |
| 23 | I was and it 's never gone away even though I 've put my weight back on . |
| 24 | I spent a good while asking for something written down so that I could see what I was and was n't supposed to do , but that was a forlorn hope . |
| 25 | I rang my mum and she wanted to know where I was and where Natasha was . |
| 26 | There was no question about it — people knew who I was and if they did n't they asked and I told them . |
| 27 | And she liked the idea of going to work you see , she 'd she 'd got a family , she 'd be about oh she was about ten years older than I was and erm she looked out of place you know . |
| 28 | So that was a contrast from the people near the hospital where I was and , what happened was , we used to do a little service and then anybody that wanted to be seen used to come along and we needed an interpreter and it was a bit like a surgery really , and they would come with any problems , and anyone who was severely ill we would then take back in the Landrover back to the hospital . |
| 29 | Because if I do n't escape , if something dreadful happened , I shall still know that the person I was and would have stayed if this had n't happened was not the person I now want to be . |
| 30 | You can tell how close I was and he was facing me . ’ |