Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized we were still worlds apart . |
| 2 | Yeah , I guessed it was certainly vineyards , I 'm you know , quick like that , you know . |
| 3 | Bergen yeah , I heard it was really shit . |
| 4 | for her and I knew it was only hardboard , well knowing your dad I knew he would n't put |
| 5 | You see , they were just more or less sort of , I thought they were just sea merchants . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought they were just gulls at first , ’ said Edward . |
| 7 | I did n't think it was all subjects , I thought it was just history |
| 8 | I thought it was just Rachel and Hattie . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought it was about time I made another . ’ |
| 10 | Look , I thought it was only Jenner you wanted to know about . |
| 11 | I was a Sunday School teacher erm when I was in my secondary school and I wondered what God would want me to do with my life when I left school and I thought maybe he wants me to be a missionary and I thought it was only teachers and doctors that could be missionaries I was wrong was n't I ? |
| 12 | Well I thought it was quite farce like . |
| 13 | However , in the battle which followed it was certainly Rodrigo who helped turn the tide of events for Sancho . |
| 14 | Maisie Dougall had been listening to her friends going on and she thought it was about time she made a contribution . |
| 15 | It did funny things to her insides — she thought it was about time to study the menu . |
| 16 | She knew it was only seconds . |
| 17 | She felt it was about time too , but Patrick Kelly was dangerous for her . |
| 18 | She said it was about time I started bringin' in some dosh , ‘ specially now the ole man 's on short time . |
| 19 | er in Spain , because we reckoned it was only donkey that went in that went into the er burro as they call it , went into the went into the soup , you know with the beans and er er er various types of lentils and so on . |
| 20 | Maureen and I — we thought we were just friends . |
| 21 | We thought it was about time Shevardnadze was given a platform . |
| 22 | ‘ We thought it was about time it came again . ’ |
| 23 | They thought they were probably road maintenance men from the Cajamarca region . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ And they said they was just farmers , like us , ’ mused Jonadab , as they rode at a walk through the high arched entrance and into the stable-yard . |
| 25 | Once a good director , now a cheerful but notorious lush , he seldom worked nowadays and when he did it was only television . |
| 26 | He said they were just kids . |
| 27 | He said it was about time . |