Example sentences of "[subord] i [was/were] bear " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that came Sleetburn , where I was born on 1 August 1926 , which was owned by a William Hutchinson when we lived there . |
| 2 | ‘ I have never sought an honour in my life — I just did what I could for my home village where I was born and raised . |
| 3 | When I first moved from India ( where I was born ) to England , I obviously had a great tan , and I got called ‘ Indibum ’ and all.that . |
| 4 | In Mongu Town , where I was born , there lived a merry maid , up high in banana tree ! ’ |
| 5 | No idea where I was born . |
| 6 | In Scarlet Town , where I was born |
| 7 | Well where I was born in Needham Market |
| 8 | ‘ Or the bit of land where I was born , ’ she added lamely . |
| 9 | I thought we 'd got such a good start , knowing my mother 's name and where I was born . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Peters is what they give me 'cause I were born in St Peter 's Hospital … the Old Mint … the Poorhouse . ’ |
| 11 | Although I was born at Sleetburn further up the dale , I came here when I was three years old , so I do not recall any other place as home . |
| 12 | ‘ You will remember that although I was born a vicar 's daughter , I have seen quite a different level of life since then . |
| 13 | Once I was born we lived in New Zealand for about two years . |
| 14 | If I was born in that period , I would be dead already , and you would n't need to listen to me But if you look at this as far as the medical profession and the insurance profession need each other , what happened to these people when they develop an infective condition ? |
| 15 | If I was born on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh right , no if I was born on the eleventh about nineteen hundred , then on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh , announce , that 's when I was born zero , six , six , eleventh , eleventh , sixty-six , I was eleven on the eleventh of the eleventh of seventy-seven , I was , I was twenty-two on the eleventh of the eleventh , eighty-eight , I was thirty-three on the eleventh of the eleventh noticed how they 're all double all the way through |
| 16 | If I was born on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh right , no if I was born on the eleventh about nineteen hundred , then on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh , announce , that 's when I was born zero , six , six , eleventh , eleventh , sixty-six , I was eleven on the eleventh of the eleventh of seventy-seven , I was , I was twenty-two on the eleventh of the eleventh , eighty-eight , I was thirty-three on the eleventh of the eleventh noticed how they 're all double all the way through |
| 17 | I realised that until recently I had thought very little , had taken life at face value , as though , until I was born , nothing on the earth had moved . |
| 18 | I 've always owned apartments because I was born in a tenement in Glasgow and I like flat-life. , If he has one regret it is that government never saw fit to offer him another major job as challenging as his chairmanship of British Steel when he gave it up in 1976 . |
| 19 | I was doing what I was doing because I was born into it . |
| 20 | O'Leary explains : ‘ I am qualified for Ireland through my dad 's nationality , but I 've always considered myself an Essex man because I was born in Harold Wood . ’ |
| 21 | When I was in the USA , I had no roots at all because I was born in Europe . |
| 22 | Because I was born twin to Grainne … because the Royal Line must never divide … |
| 23 | Er but because I was born in the country , lazy I was . |
| 24 | I think I 'm English because I was born here . ’ |
| 25 | The other aspect Mr Mayor that I , that I want t to dwell on is the thing about housing benefits themselves , there 's been a lot of talk by a lot of speakers about benefits and er means testing in the years gone by and well okay I 'll give councillor a few more years than I have , I do n't remember the forties because I was born towards the end of them but , y'know , maybe that happened . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's been our doctor since I was born . |
| 27 | And I 've lived hereabouts since I were born . |
| 28 | Anyway they were born one place and moved one place and then they come to after I were born . |
| 29 | After I was born she put on a lot of weight , and although eventually she lost most of it , my birth was seen as to blame for her weight problem , and throughout my childhood she reminded me of this . |
| 30 | In fact she became ill soon after I was born . |