Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [verb] [conj] it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or else you sort of jotted them down at the back of your mind , you know , to think about them later , but you never remembered , or you did but it was too late , they 'd gone , your head was full of other things . ’ |
| 2 | You said that erm or you implied that it was important to stow the c the erm slates v v very carefully . |
| 3 | Perhaps that was the only case that fell through the net , and I hope that it was an isolated case , but I should be grateful if my right hon. Friend would examine the matter and if necessary ensure that such a thing is not allowed to happen again . |
| 4 | Happiness ( or unhappiness ) was not mentioned , and I assumed that it was of subsidiary importance . |
| 5 | ‘ We are , ’ he insisted , his grip on her wrist tightening , ‘ and I wish that it were n't happening — ’ |
| 6 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 7 | It was my first taste of a major Grand Prix meeting and I thought that it was brilliant , colourful and exciting . |
| 8 | No I , I , I sort of smelt Patrick 's feet once and I thought if it was possible to faint on smells then I was going to , you know . |
| 9 | The boat moved away from the island and I waited until it was out at sea . |
| 10 | I took with me a very young airman from the engineering wing and I understood that it was his first flight . |
| 11 | it was Mr that posed the question to me and I understood that it was his idea |
| 12 | Its daggered gape was even wider , and I imagine that it was even more terrifying . |
| 13 | So , I gave you two examples and I said that it was often |
| 14 | Well er I did n't want to be out of it or , awkward or off it or anything , if it was right , and I felt that it was right , I 'd adhere to that , whether or not , you follow what I mean , that 's how I 've lived me life , Michael , yes . |
| 15 | Now I 'd have to say when I saw the report in the Observer , which was a couple of months ago , the rape in the quad report , my feeling was that this was a national newspaper picking on Oxford because Oxford and sex makes great headlines and it was going to be a good sell , and I felt that it was inappropriate in that sexual harassment is a problem in other campuses . |
| 16 | The radio was silent and I realized that it was coming from outside . |
| 17 | A closer look and I realized that it was not fog but smoke , and very thick at that . |
| 18 | Then I looked at it again and I realized that it was n't too hard . |
| 19 | Of course I did n't know at the time that this was to have been O's last night in The Bar ; and I knew that it was n't Boy 's first visit to The Bar , I mean he did not see O the very day he walked in , their eyes did not meet across the bar on that very first night . |
| 20 | I could see that Estella was still proud , and I knew that it was she who made me feel ashamed of home , and Joe , but I also knew that I could never stop loving her . |
| 21 | She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples . |
| 22 | This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach . |
| 23 | It is a practical objection not one of principle , and I believe that it was the fundamental reason that Lord Reid , for example , considered the general rule to be a good one as he said in the passage my noble and learned friend has cited from Beswick v. Beswick [ 1968 ] A.C. 58 , 74A . |
| 24 | He told her : ‘ Whatever Howard Smith 's treatment of you — and I accept that it was evil and gross — you embarked on this conspiracy with your father to murder him with remarkable deliberation and involvement in the arrangements for his killing . ’ |
| 25 | And it , now she 's got to have the curtains replaced and I wondered if it was him who 'd come |
| 26 | to , because , one of the main points about the embarrassing er aspect , mainly boys sniggering and giggling , whatever , maybe some girls do , but it 's mainly er , males , I think a point to be made there is , it is a well known fact that boys took longer to mature emotionally than girls and I think if it was a guy a younger guy , maybe in his late twenties , early thirties teaching it , and if he had the sort of guts to turn round and the bravery to say look son , what is it you 're laughing at , what 's so funny ? |
| 27 | That 's how I used to act , until I realized it was just a sham and I decided that it was time I was honest with myself . |
| 28 | And you had if it was no good you wanting something and waving a bit of plastic at it . |
| 29 | so it looks like you 've got future there , then you go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot back now you 've got something slightly different there here you had der der der der der you said okay , future , then you went back there and you found that it was a present tense in English , right , but you needed a future in French because the whole thing is future . |
| 30 | She remembered that Ana had told her it was deep right to the edge and she prayed that it was . |