Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] it [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got injured in her back somewhere , but er it was national news , I mean it was in The Mirror and all the papers and it became a , for a day or two it was er it was in everywhere , and the theory is that er it was this erm very very dry summer and a very very wet autumn and a bit of dry rot in the timbers somewhere , but it was it was another |
| 2 | I reali I realized it was on the same day Mark . |
| 3 | I say it was on the cards because throughout the match the Scousers used the tactic of playing the long ball towards Rush and it was then quite simply a one-on-one race with either Fairclough or Newsome . |
| 4 | Erm I I know it was in the context of a a question you posed to him that er if he had in fact er accepted the County Council 's housing figures er that would have been an appropriate hundred and twenty two hectares would have been appropriate er on the employment side . |
| 5 | Well whatever it was , I know it was in the forties . |
| 6 | I know it was in the paper |
| 7 | I reckon it were about the time of the Great War . |
| 8 | I believe it was towards the end of the financial year , the figures probably would have been updated at er the end of nineteen eighty six |
| 9 | I guess it was like the primitive interrogation techniques both malais and FAKINTIL were not above resorting to : you could see the stratagem but that did n't stop it from being effective . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose it was about the overdue ship . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , I suppose it was on the floor somewhere , in a pub where I was tryin' to sell some violets to save meself from real starvation . |
| 12 | It 's not a lounge area and that I suppose it was behind the shop area . |
| 13 | ‘ Although I suppose it was against the English , ’ she observed with a mournful little sigh . |
| 14 | The next thing I knew it was in the back of the net and I was celebrating . |
| 15 | I thought it was for the best . |
| 16 | I thought it was on the right hand side as you went into village . |
| 17 | I thought it was on the cards ( Barnsley possibly ? ) during close season ? |
| 18 | I thought it was on the main road ? |
| 19 | I thought it was at the tenth anniversary , every five years after that , I did n't realise that came into , John said it was . |
| 20 | Yeah , I thought it was about the best one ever . |
| 21 | and half of it is rubbish and decent rubbish and that 's rubbish there it is I knew it was in here somewhere I knew I thought it was in the Prima they gave it to you but obviously it was erm in Essentials everything out of there do n't think they had many Christmas You used to was it you , you see you can make your own , was it you that we went up to town that time and brought those erm from John Lewis the round |
| 22 | First I thought it was like the one I used to own . |
| 23 | I think it was on the jazz . |
| 24 | Actually , I think it was at the opening of Pork because Andy came to the opening and David had that song on the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ album called ‘ Andy Warhol ’ , so we made sure they met . ’ |
| 25 | But definitely they should er explore this County and not erm wanted to come into I think it was into the Estuary to drill for gold and minerals an all that , and the planning of the National Park said , No , and the blinking hole is only about four inches wide . |
| 26 | No I think it was down the side I think he said . |
| 27 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |
| 28 | I think it was since the salmonella scare some time ago . |
| 29 | Oh that would have been I think it was between the wars , I think between the time of the world wars . |
| 30 | I said it was about the photographs , but even before I 'd finished talking , he gave me this message from Marius to … you know … to get lost . ’ |