Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] was [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was a Vauxhall Astra van but I mean it was E reg and it was three years ago and it went for two thousand quid ! |
| 2 | Looking at my diary after lunch , I realised it was MKM day and they might sell out before someone could get me a copy ! |
| 3 | How did I know he was leadership stuff ? |
| 4 | ‘ I 'eard 'e was orf work wiv 'is back . ’ |
| 5 | I know it was Princetown T V but |
| 6 | cooking the tea , I remember it was fish fingers and chips I was doing and er the dam lights all went out , you were only little and erm Lynsey er , she came round from next door because she started cooking her chips |
| 7 | I believe it was Leonardo da Vinci who , upon receiving a missive from an acolyte asking ‘ Who is thy master ? ’ , returned him a single item : a pencil . |
| 8 | I believe it was Leonardo da Vinci who , upon receiving a missive from an acolyte asking ‘ Who is thy master ? ’ , returned him a single item : a pencil . |
| 9 | But on that particular winter 's night I am recollecting the dining room was for some reason out of use , and Lord Darlington was dining with a solitary guest — I believe it was Sir Richard Fox , a colleague from his lordship 's Foreign Office days — in the vastness of the banqueting hall . |
| 10 | It was an extra cost but also I learned in the end like the top earners do er and I guess I was mister average because I was coming in to do this job not that one , erm I I decided or worked out that I could do two or three deals in a day between a certain hour . |
| 11 | I did n't know the Ethiopians had an imperial family , I suppose it was Haile Selassie 's relatives is it ? |
| 12 | I know it 's , I knew it was Needham Station and it was between station to station , you see , not er anything to do with the public but that 's where I learnt so we used to er take er messages from station to station and I used to speak to the girl at Merrith down the line . |
| 13 | Even from the back , I knew it was Private Boyd . |
| 14 | Well I knew it was Reverend Green some time ago , but I could n't decide which it , I just got that |
| 15 | I thought it was orange juice and vodka and something else . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought it was Doris Lessing . ’ |
| 17 | I I th I thought I thought it was I S actually from the way you said it the first time , but that was just a guess . |
| 18 | Oh I thought it was water problems . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought it was Ministry property . ’ |
| 20 | That 's Michael Caine s oh not it is n't Pamela Bordes , I thought it was Michael Caine 's wife Oh there 's Michael Caine 's wife , oh they do look similar |
| 21 | Well okay Anyway I thought they 'd ring here but couple of people , some , two women I thought it was Belfast Station |
| 22 | ‘ I thought it was food poisoning because I had prepared fish which I had not cooked properly and when the doctor arrived he thought the same way . |
| 23 | I thought it was Fred Astaire |
| 24 | ‘ I thought it was Elaine Webb , but now I 'm not so sure . |
| 25 | I thought it was Dennis Weaver not Dennis , I thought it , what 's his name McCloud . |
| 26 | Oh , I thought it was Mr Howard 's . |
| 27 | I thought it was M A C A U , Macau . |
| 28 | For a moment I thought it was Grandpa Tiao . ’ |
| 29 | I thought it was class A one for Liverpool . |
| 30 | Sorry I understand I thought it was careers teachers for a minute . |