Example sentences of "was [conj] i [verb] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And how it was that I had rediscovered the gift in pubescence , as if prompted by my burgeoning sexuality . |
| 2 | I could never tell how good the ground was until I had tried the wheelbarrow on it . |
| 3 | But then the weather changed and although things were given and flowering it was cold and windy and it seemed strange there should be all that blossom , wrong like , as if it had made a mistake and popped up at the wrong time — that was because I had felt the warmth of those few nice days . |
| 4 | If if we were walking down there now I think I could probably give you the er exact place where it was because I 've got a young memory of going in there , we used to er walk around the the you see . |
| 5 | ROBBIE It was after I 'd had the row with my father . |