Example sentences of "[pers pn] [subord] [noun] [verb] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've erm dad had a lot of old gardening to , tools up in er his shed when he was up but when we when dad retired he was going to erm take them , but he forgot about them |
| 2 | I heard Mrs Foster ask her if Matthew knew she was coming , and she said it was a surprise . ’ |
| 3 | They hired him after research proved he was more popular than Rik Mayall and Rowan Atkinson among the young drinkers they were targeting He 's already appeared in US adverts for Shell Oil , Ford and Coors beer , but says of the Red Rock series : ‘ This is a different kind of thing because it 's comedy and fun . |
| 4 | It grated with him when people insinuated he was n't really British . |
| 5 | They could hardly believe it when Mum said it was tea-time . |
| 6 | I could hardly credit it when Carole said we were on a cushy number ; she 'd spent whole days hacking down rhododendrons and that was really back-breaking work . |