Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's possible there could be conflicts between them so we felt it was important to have discussions now . ’ |
| 2 | They had never seen me so they thought I was white . |
| 3 | Then I tried swimming , but what with the current and the fucking cassock — and then bang I got hit in the ribs like someone had kicked me and I thought I was a goner , it must be a rock I thought and I gave up and sort of passed out . |
| 4 | did he say for me and I thought I was going to go |
| 5 | I could n't even raise my leg behind me and I thought it was a sign to give up . |
| 6 | I had my camera with me and I saw there was a ladder up on the top deck and when I got up on the top deck it was quite a giddy height , not to be bit I looked at the mast then I climbed up the mast up three quarters of the way up the mast and er the view from up there looked right down on the causeway . |
| 7 | It really did n't feel like it was such big stuff , it was just happening to me and I believed I was going to be all right . |
| 8 | ‘ The community would have much less confidence in me if they believed I was not the sort of person who would stand up for their interests . |
| 9 | People would n't be so nice to me if they thought I was so lucky , but it 's fun to see their faces when I bring certain special ones back now and then . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They 'd have told me if they suspected something was going on . ’ |
| 11 | He taunted me , asking me if I knew what was going to happen to me on my wedding night . |
| 12 | Blaming it on the Company would be just a fallback — you would n't believe me if I said I was n't drinking of that but you might believe me if I say we 'd prefer the good old British way : that nothing happened and there 's no blame at all . |
| 13 | ‘ God , would you fancy me if I said I was ? |
| 14 | Yes , he did actually ask me if I thought he was sexy ! |
| 15 | Well I did think about it but the Careers Officer advised me no cos he thought that you have to be really really good before y get in and he asked me if I thought I was really good and I said that well I was not too bad but and he said that he thought it would be better to concentrate on something else . |
| 16 | Charles would tease me if he thought I was worrying about my weight ; he likes curvy women with big breasts , Nicola once confided in me . |
| 17 | It could n't have made any difference to them if we knew what was happening . |
| 18 | Abruptly she let go of the last protective remnants of self-deception , but , fearing questions she could n't answer without exposing the full extent of her vulnerability , she rushed on , ‘ I felt guilty to begin with , but I did come to terms with it eventually , and anyway , my parents had encouraged me to stay with radio even though it would take me away from them and they knew what was happening to Dad . ’ |
| 19 | I would be lying to you if I said it was the same now . |
| 20 | Leave it at your house and I 'll try it out and erm but Nick would n't sell it to you if he thought it was |
| 21 | I told them in school about you and they said I was ideally positioned . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't know how it would appeal to you but we thought it was funny . |
| 23 | ‘ I hated you when you said he was like an angel ! ’ |
| 24 | Oh , do n't worry , ’ she added , catching sight of her father 's expression , ‘ I 'm not defending him — far from it — I was as angry as you when I knew he was back . ’ |
| 25 | He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham . |
| 26 | On my first day of school my mum kept trying to wake me but I pretended I was asleep because I was so nervous , eventually mum knew that I was playing a trick . |
| 27 | He would n't of come th wa on his Saturday before his birthday he would n't of come and seen me unless he thought he was getting something out of it . |
| 28 | Nobody wanted to be cruel enough to hurt me because they thought I was so vulnerable at that time and I really wish I 'd been told that I looked disgusting ! |
| 29 | You teased me because you thought I was ignorant , and you were right . |
| 30 | And after that it seemed so horrible , is there something even more wrong with me because I thought it was so horrible ? ’ |