Example sentences of "[unc] [pers pn] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I said yes , I we I explained why I wa I was asking the question , I said it was for my son , and er I said , but mine 's just a , a microwave I sa and he said , well he said they re the combination ones now he said are really you know , what you need . |
| 2 | I wa I was talking to erm Mr the other day and he was saying that when he started at the Co-op it was a , a very , very good place to work . |
| 3 | I wa I was told you had got one . |
| 4 | Anyway er I went out and I shut the gates and just let them know that you know , they 'd sort of I wa I was checking |
| 5 | And Carl sa I was speaking to Carl today and he said , well surely , you know the three of them have weighed that up ? |
| 6 | Which one wa I I ca n't remember what I sa I was saying a f a lot of things a few minutes ago . |
| 7 | Erm I w I was going to say , going back to China , erm they 're a bit frightened of China now in , in what was the Soviet Union I heard the other day , were th were they a little bit anti China 's type of communism before er the Soviet Union fell or were they all , all pals together ? |
| 8 | I w I was coming , I was coming almost to that Jim . |
| 9 | I w I was letting it |
| 10 | I w I was dreaming about the office last night , and I saw Miss |
| 11 | But I w I was wondering myself did the watchmen make up the story or did it come ? |
| 12 | he kep I was laying there and I was just dropping off to sleep , I was oh it was , and he , in h in he waltzes oh I , he , I , he goes what you doing in here ? |
| 13 | Have you li I was listening to the wireless this afternoon |
| 14 | A I was going to say they 'd probably get a more realistic |
| 15 | It was a I was gon na ask you you know , wh when you moved from shunter to foreman , you had responsibilities for a lot a lot besides the shunting . |
| 16 | A I was doing my er |
| 17 | Do n't talk to it because it ma it sounds stu I was listening to us this morning . |
| 18 | Cos we had to repack it you see because it was going to take a it was going to take probably not it was going to go right to the end with this lot on . |
| 19 | The student in question put me straight by pointing out it was a Visa 10E he was running . |
| 20 | In Cowan v Kitson Insulations Ltd [ 1992 ] PIQR Q19 it was emphasised that the plaintiff should never be treated disadvantageously by reason of seeking a final award even if a provisional award appears suitable . |
| 21 | I have n't seen him for e he was coming to the shop now and again , so he was . |
| 22 | And er one of the men that was helping the old man to do something , to repair the the these tools you know , and he he 'd gone to the stores to get something and leaning over the counter to get something er er to sort of talk as one goes on a on a counter lean he was leaning a on the counter , and he erm the the the storeman he was a tough little beggar , and he said , I 've got a I 've got a I 've got a toothache . |
| 23 | These generally ranged from a to c ’ , but in the serenade in the Ballet des plaisirs he was required to sing yet another fourth higher , in a part that covers the octave from f' to f ’ . |
| 24 | And er I was dragging behind a few paces and the headmaster was watching out of his study window you see ? |
| 25 | And er it developed from there that er I was appointed collector at collecting the money and er |
| 26 | Er I was toying with the idea of getting out altogether out of the , I 'll be honest with double glazing . |
| 27 | er I was listening |
| 28 | Er and the proposal that I shall report is the and in particular those matter our certainty of responsibility between various agencies needs to be addressed erm it arose obviously are much more widespread than in the past week , but er I was granted in fact to give consideration to this result of the parish meeting , conventional routine parish meeting at Barnham er on the fourth of January erm which led to the largest parish meetings I think they 've had in many years erm when because people were incensed with the suffering and the hardship that they had as a result of the flooding on the night of Thursday the thirtieth of December erm should let me say first of all that erm I would congratulate all those who were involved er in dealing with the present emergency operations erm it 's quite superb , it 's erm it seemed to be erm a remarkable reflection on the capacity er that to deal with certain circumstances reflects very well on this authority and in saying that I mean it 's not just the opposites to the men and women who are involved , but also whereas I 'm sure many members are here that members amongst our numbers have putting on very long hours in dealing with the present circumstances and I congratulate on the activities . |
| 29 | No you don't. because er I naturally I went away to work but er I was born here and er you see and , and wh what else did you want ? |
| 30 | mother 's house in because my father was in in the first world war so my mum had to go to live with my grandmother and er I was born there and er then when my father came home we came back to my mum came back to she ha got a little house somewhere I forget where it was street , does n't s it 's not there any more . |