Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean it was it that we were taken to first , and I mean thee was a lot of people on it and I mean it had obviously saved a lot of lives . |
| 2 | What upset me was hearing the door locked . |
| 3 | I mean everyone was really charged up , there were a lot of — nobody got some sleep . |
| 4 | I mean no-one was very bullish right from the outset because of problems of previous years , so everyone set a sensible target for ninety one , and erm I think most of them are fairly confident , as I said earlier , that the market may be five per cent down but not much more than that . |
| 5 | Being quite educated and articulate I was n't the sort of prisoner they expected , even though as there are more drug offenders there are more and more women like me . |
| 6 | ‘ I fear I was paying you little attention . |
| 7 | Maybe I was too young because I fear I was not an assiduous student . |
| 8 | I mean I was just doing my job . |
| 9 | I mean I was thinking that you can actually with Linda actually you know because I loiter Linda today 's meeting obviously |
| 10 | Yeah we I must admit , would a , would a parent , I mean I was at a very simple level , following instructions , go and get that ruler Jimmy ? |
| 11 | Before then , yes , we must of bought it when we moved in cos I , I mean I was n't without a bed |
| 12 | Yeah , I worked with a voluntary group for a while and I remember helping one lady go through , she was raped , and go through the courts , and all her past life was brought up , I mean I was so upset for her and yet the fact that he had actually raped twice before was n't brought up , but her past life was brought up and the man actually got off in the end because she just could not cope with being on the stand and dealing with it all and it was just so terrible that , that , that the , the ina , |
| 13 | I did stop smoking for three months and then with everyone else around us , I mean I was putting on weight and then I went back to smoking . |
| 14 | Well I I mean I was thinking you know er it 's probably a good idea for for erm Well I 've heard it proposed by people who do these things |
| 15 | I mean I was meaning I want to , to get your standard drawings out of there . |
| 16 | And it it was , I mean I was brought up in the country and it , I found it really shocking that people had to live like that , you know . |
| 17 | And watch out with the scale on these , on histograms , and on any graphs because , what happens I mean I was watching somebody do this a couple of days ago . |
| 18 | Er it did occur to me I mean I was , in my last church , the for for completely different reasons , the question of the timing of the church services , was brought up . |
| 19 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
| 20 | I mean I was showing the figures and proved that er it was n't paying its way but to me it had always been our shop , you know , from when I was child and wonderful memories you know . |
| 21 | I mean I was picking the competencies off that er display and marketing guidance , interpersonal skills , group work , library and information work and equal opportunities . |
| 22 | You have to clean a lot of brasses , but I mean I was n't gon na be put off . |
| 23 | Yeah that 's the numbers linked to the division , erm Cynthia I mean I was only going to be looking at N Y C C and C S S S funded staff , yeah ? |
| 24 | That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's all right , ’ she said hastily , ‘ I did n't — I mean I was n't … ’ |
| 26 | The question is , as you rightly say , in psychoanalysis , the analyst usually has a vast amount much more than people normally realize , I mean , I recall from my own analysis , and mean I was going between two and four times a week erm , for an hour each time and it was a good six months before she would make any interpretations , and I used to get very frustrated , you know , I used to say things like , well , what do you think of this , Miss , you know . |
| 27 | Well it was at night and I mean I was lucky enough to be working which is a thing that 's probably accounted for saving a lot of people . |
| 28 | I was taken here but at the time I mean I was n't one of the really seriously burnt , I mean I was still conscious and I was still walking around . |
| 29 | I was taken here but at the time I mean I was n't one of the really seriously burnt , I mean I was still conscious and I was still walking around . |
| 30 | And it was just me arm and me hand and me face that were were burnt and and at that the time I mean I was n't in any pain and I think there was more serious ones to be dealt with . |