Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I knew where I was we had begun our organization , choosing Sisters Against Disablement as its name . |
| 2 | she , she said to me on the way o , er as I was I said look I 'm going to scoot now and she said well I hope you do n't get any unwanted company on the way back . |
| 3 | We got chatting , he seemed intrigued by my descriptions of the carvings , and before I quite knew where I was he 'd accompanied me back here , appropriated a few of them , and disappeared . |
| 4 | He only knew that he had lost her , and she might be the liar , cheat and whore he thought she was , or the injured innocent she claimed to be — he did not care which , for whatever she was she had taken his life and his hopes with her . |
| 5 | and er she said she was she said had we talked to Dick and Joan or not ? |
| 6 | We was I said look I can read a bloody clock as well you can , I said I wa walking behind you down the , you went in the canteen and when I went past it was one minute past quarter to ! |
| 7 | Maybe if chlorophyll tablets bad been available in those days they might have helped but as it was I had tried everything . |
| 8 | , writes : MY mate claims that the best-selling single by the Beatles was Hey , Jude but I say it was I Want to Hold Your Hand . |
| 9 | He said of course I scampered through these bull rushes , they never saw me they never caught me and they never ever knew who it was who 'd done it , see . |
| 10 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 11 | And without even checking where it was he planned to take her . |
| 12 | As it was he had to find his own way out of an embrace involving him far more seriously than he intended . |
| 13 | When it was he proceeded to colour it , either from memory , or with colour notes made under the same conditions as the original drawing , paying attention most of all to tonal values and local colour . |