Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [vb pp] [coord] i [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | , but erm , and I notice that quite often the shelves would be half empty , came here , I would stop on the way back from the school the bank and the butcher 's and the paper shop over the road I could come in quarter to nine and I 'm , you know , I , I was done and I said to my Arnold they 're not going to sell much unless they put some money into filling the shelves surely Spa will back them , and he said I keep on telling them that I keep on saying to them if you do n't put the goods there on display people are going to go over the road to Lipton 's and and |
| 2 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
| 3 | I was appointed and I 've got the job . ’ |
| 4 | She had settled there to some extent by the time I was released and I did n't think it was good to disrupt her again . |
| 5 | Anyway , I was shattered and I went to bed . |
| 6 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
| 7 | ‘ It took me five years to realise that she was gone and I started living normally . ’ |
| 8 | And Mum , if Dave and Anna call round for me tomorrow morning can you tell them we 've gone to the Prince Charles baths and to come there , and Mum , I went to the shoemender 's to collect my sandals , but they were shut and I need them for tomorrow evening because — Oh , thanks Mum . |
| 9 | I rushed him to hospital and the doctor asked how it was done and I said he 'd fallen over on the step . |
| 10 | Th th when the house was built it was painted and I think that used to last it 's lifetime . |
| 11 | ‘ It was loaded and I thought , here 's a chance . |
| 12 | I took the brake out slowly , but it was overweighted and I went up with it . |
| 13 | He was handicapped and I 've got a handicapped son : I ca n't stand people who take the mickey out of those sort of people . |
| 14 | It should because that was what was written and I wanted to show people what er she did n't give me , the , the letter went to the kids . |
| 15 | Anyway , I said I 'd make enquiries as to what was wanted and I said because there 's a new children 's ward will open at the hospital and perhaps they would . |