Example sentences of "was a [noun] [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was only a lad , I was er a messenger boy on the loading deck and I used to have to go down to at Beskett and fetch parts for the planes and er plates , aluminium plates , to be normalized which was a treatment when they put them into the vats and I had to fetch the films as well , from the house that used to be a warehouse for films over in er in by the beacon , great bar ! |
| 2 | it was a chap that was a smithy and they got to choose when they were in their in either the harvest or one season at the fishing . |
| 3 | For this reason , it was so important what one said , and what one did , and it was a relief when they went |
| 4 | In private , they said it was a warning that they stood four-square behind their chief , and that they would not accept behind-the-scenes pressure on him to resign . |
| 5 | My grandad was a barber and my mother was a hairdresser so they taught me how to cut hair and it came in very useful , especially when I did National Service . |
| 6 | ‘ She was a child when they went off , and then grew up quickly in New York . |
| 7 | It was a while before they returned . |
| 8 | The traffic into Belfast was heavy , and it was a while before they got on to the motorway . |
| 9 | ‘ Please , Rosa , tell me again , about how she walked in the water , but it was a mirror and they looked at her , she did n't know it was a mirror , she thought it was a stream . |
| 10 | All the same , I did n't believe Charles was a gonner when they posted him missing . |
| 11 | But they 're they were all kind ladies and er the thing that they punished us with really was made of cardboard , like er , er a pointer or a stick , it was a pointer that they pointed to the board when they drew things on and told us about them , but sometimes boys By the way , boy sat with girl , at the desk with two in and er it was quite satisfactory , I do n't remember any other upset with being there th th th there were two sexes , we were five years of age to begin with and stayed till seven . |
| 12 | That he could do this without awakening the slightest resentment ill the boys was a sign that they recognised that it was their work that mattered to Basil , and in no way his self-importance , which , to a quite remarkable degree he did not have . |
| 13 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 14 | There was a pause while they waited for Michael Douglas to go in ahead of them , and then the door opened wide ; beyond was an incessant glare of flashlights , the roar of the crowd . |
| 15 | There was a pause as they looked at one another and adjusted their minds to the needs of conversation . |
| 16 | ‘ That place was a trap once they knew we were there . |
| 17 | Sydney , 41 , from Blandford Forum , Dorset , said : ‘ They found out I was a comedian while they checked my driving documents . |
| 18 | It was a wine that they paid about a penny or twopence a glass for . |
| 19 | ‘ He ca n't say anything to the umpires even if there was a complaint that they have been biased . ’ |
| 20 | they offered me two for a boat , right and they offered me one while I was there , then I got home and they offered me one that late that evening , job , erm working like that was a Thursday and they wanted me to start on the week Monday , I could n't do it as it happens I had to give my weeks notice here get out there that quick , so I fucking said , I said to myself well they 've first day , they 're gon na offer me a few more , so yeah they offered me a couple more but way from so , a bit unlucky I , I wished I 'd fucking taken it |
| 21 | Except he was a German and they do n't play cricket . |
| 22 | To the regime 's opponents , it was a signal that they had the power to do so . |
| 23 | TV soap star Sue Nicholls has put off her wedding to actor Mark Eden — because there was a queue when they went to a London register office . |
| 24 | And that was the only time that I 've fired a rifle cos , well actually I went got , rose to a corporal I was a corporal when they finished and erm I was in er made cor lance corporal and then I was er with a heavy Vickers machine gun , that 's the one with the has water cooled casing on it the big heavy one you see , and I was with that , that team . |
| 25 | At that time , I mean , I have known when my , when I was a dredger and they used t we used to clean the bottom , I have known er mussels on the bottom , used to feed on , be on the side of the ship , good mussels , but of course there used to be cockles , winkles . |
| 26 | There was a silence as they glared at one another across the coffee-table . |
| 27 | There was a silence as they thought it over . |
| 28 | It was a blessing that they did n't have very far to go , and the road was uncrowded . |
| 29 | I mean they there was a fact that they knew you were unemployed er or was n't in any s You were yours yourself a target . |
| 30 | Indeed , it was an achievement that they managed it just long enough to clinch the Heineken title and then , once it did not matter any longer began to lose games at a rate that would have been unthinkable during the previous years of unbroken triumph . |