Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [was/were] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone agreed it was a fine picture , a breezy blend of wit and taste . |
| 2 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 3 | I asked what was the oldest part of the farm and was shown a flagstone path leading down to a valley . |
| 4 | I asked which were the smallest , and she picked out the three shortest ones quickly . |
| 5 | I asked which were the next tallest and she picked out the only two of the next size . |
| 6 | oh , they may of been updated then , the question I asked you was a different one , when was the moment when they became inaccurate ? |
| 7 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 8 | If , it 's happening , I mean what was the Soviet Union I mean it 's |
| 9 | I think it can do , I mean it was a long time ago and I 'm , I 'm |
| 10 | Well that 's what I said to her you 'll probably find something around , but I mean it was a nice , it is a nice pattern |
| 11 | in there , and that was gon na be the disco , and this was the , you know , I mean it was a good idea , I do n't know why he pulled out with went half-cock . |
| 12 | I mean it was a gorgeous colour . |
| 13 | I mean it was a common fish was n't it ? |
| 14 | It was quite a good little ear , I mean it was a commercial hotel and |
| 15 | Erm I mean it was a top floor flat . |
| 16 | Hopefully Jane , hopefully , I mean it was a disastrous weekend for the U's on Saturday . |
| 17 | And I mean it was a difficult start , and I was in fact a junior detective for five and a half years before any alteration was made in the staff , there was no promotions or leaving so that as junior detective for five and a half years , I got all jobs that nobody else wanted |
| 18 | And I mean it was an official thing from the tax |
| 19 | I mean it was the only one with a with its own kitchen . |
| 20 | It 's a , I mean it were the same at Christmas were n't it ? |
| 21 | I mean he was a super chap , really lovely chap , ever so nice . |
| 22 | We read the , read the agreements differently to what they did but he 'd lean towards the drivers , conductors and he gave away a lot of what had tried to erm stop them from having because they were n't really entitled to it but he saw differently and gave it away and course once you 've given it away you , no way of retracting it , but then came in and , well , I mean he was a real transport man , his , his vision and his ideas were really good and he made it what it is today . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | That 's what they reckon they used to do but he , I mean he was an old Jew , he was but he was , he was to the Germans . |
| 25 | I mean there was no such things as home helps and and that sort of thing in those days , it was a case of of doing it yourself . |
| 26 | This was a anti-tank and it fired a bomb and of course we put a demonstration on firing this and then we was up the Bell Lane end and right at the top by Bailey 's farm there was a row of seats , benches , along the walk there and of course the demonstration was we 'd show them imagine those seats are tanks course we never thought in the world we should ever even get near one anyway we hit one and broke it Cos they , they , I mean they was only dummies , they were n't , I mean there was no explosive just the dummy shell you know and we , we was quite pleased with ourselves being as we 'd got an audience . |
| 27 | So I mean there was no poor operating but this is going on , I would n't have thought . |
| 28 | devoted to the question of of of road transport and its limitations and erm er although again I mean there was no particular mention to any party other than the Government , erm it it certainly seemed to be taking a very critical view of of road transport and it does seem to be spreading now . |
| 29 | I mean there was a classic case a couple of years ago of a lady who was pushing a baby in a pram across a zebra crossing and as she was half way across out of the corner of her eye she saw a truck thundering towards her which was quite clearly was n't going to stop and that you know a sort of fairly anxious situation , and she froze . |
| 30 | I mean there was a superb advert made by film director and he made a superb ad advertisement |