Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't that she felt left out — ‘ in fairness , they had said to me that I could go out with them anytime , but it 's a really grotty place , and I also did n't want them to feel I was a hanger-on ’ — it was just that she had nowhere else to go . |
| 2 | She was only twenty when she was saddled with me , yet she never made me feel I was a drag , and heaven knows a kid sister must have been at times . ’ |
| 3 | anyhow that made me feel there was no future in Plymouth for that , so this opportunity came , I came and when I got here they did n't carry any sergeants so I would of had to move again if I wanted promotion , which I was n't prepared to do for this , mainly for his education , unfortunately the |
| 4 | ‘ Everything you said and did made me think you were a very experienced woman . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 6 | But even so , when Angie first materialised I suppose I was a bit put out for two or three days . |
| 7 | Anyway ; I used to be petrified of these dragons , even though I knew they probably did n't exist ; I mean I knew there was no Santa Claus , and no fairies and elves , but still thought ghosts and dragons were a possibility , and it only took one to kill you … |
| 8 | Well he 's probably just caught him on the back of on the back of the calf but er I thought it was as you say I thought it was a nice sharp incisive tackle . |
| 9 | D' ya think it was the rain , maybe ? |
| 10 | The locals say they believe he was a swine thief , but it all seemed a bit serious to represent merely the chase and capture of a robber who stole pigs belonging to the monks of Jervaulx Abbey . |
| 11 | I told me mates it was a sure thing and they emptied their pockets and put every last halfpenny on you and that horse of your'n . |
| 12 | yeah that 's right but I mean what can you do I mean she was an Russian was a |
| 13 | I hope they realized it was a joke . |
| 14 | When we both started to laugh , I imagine he thought we were a weird pair ! |
| 15 | He was conscious of being watched by unfriendly eyes which show he felt he was a stranger intruding . |
| 16 | Then there came it think it was the gearbox or something went on the gar , you know , because I tow a caravan , and the car just would n't pull the caravan , and it was going to cost over a thousand pounds and that like . |
| 17 | Let us assume he was a Communist : what does that mean ? |
| 18 | Environmental , turned out immediately that we telephoned them to say there was a flood in on the , and they were ex extremely fast and very efficient , and they came back later in the day when the Highways Authority still had n't erm responded to our calls . |
| 19 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 20 | Well tha well oh well that 's alright , it was only that it 'd be I thought you said there was a place for your name and address that had n't been filled in by the computer so you filled it in ? |
| 21 | Now , I do n't think we know what was the exact Sterling equivalent of the fall in our reserves during the last financial year , but it can only have been a minority of that total of £1and1/2 ; billion of public expenditure which was met neither by the product of taxation nor by borrowing from the public . |
| 22 | He said the photographer humoured the Lavergnes to let them believe they were the romantic subjects . |
| 23 | I just wonder what 's I last I heard they were the receiver was trying to pull it into the collapse but er |
| 24 | more information I mean this is , I mean this is part of what I was talk mythology I mean we 're talking about the index survey so when I raised the example of Churchill and the Churchill ex example is , was a good one because I mean he was an intellectual in his way , you know I mean he was a big bright cookie and but his was in terms of word count because he had a use of words for the way he used his words was how ordinary people would understand him I mean if you go back to you know we will fight them on the beaches and everything else I mean you think of the number of syllables he used in those words etcetera , etcetera I mean that 's sort of what I 'm getting to I mean he had his sharp succinct approach you know |
| 25 | But I know you said there was a big erm tariff against it , but on the other hand they do get a lot of more benefits from it , like er well , the erm the price that 's paid for a lot more , and , and it gives a lot more employment . |
| 26 | You know you said there was a bus coming at half past eight . |
| 27 | ‘ Look , ’ Polly tried desperately , ‘ I admit I was wrong to let you believe I was an experienced sailor . |
| 28 | I remember him saying it was a shame that he had to punish us both when only one of us was being naughty . |
| 29 | You 'll never force me to say I was a party to it . ’ |
| 30 | Suppose she said she was an agent ? |