Example sentences of "[pron] was [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You did n't know I was after it as well , did you ? ’ |
| 2 | Well there used to be one on the corner of Street and Street that was , that was a pawnshop right opposite the churches facing it the church were on the one corner Street and used to be on the opposite corner , and Johnny was a member of the church choir as I was after I was ten years ol ten years old , I Mr he must have thought I could sing he sent me down to St Paul 's and I , I went to St Paul 's Church on the corner of Street and I did n't stay there long because it was I was still working part- time I was still a schoolboy but er I did sing in the choir at St Paul 's Church for a time , and then I went , I went back to St Mary 's and All Saints in Palfry as a choirboy and er we used to have choir practice once or twice a week , I know we had it Wednesday night , the choir master was Albert Edward he was a butcher , kept a butcher 's shop on the corner of and |
| 3 | Rather than just muddle on as I was before it was highlighted and said well these need watching . |
| 4 | There is no doubt in my mind that I can be the player I was before I got injured . |
| 5 | I was before I came up in the world , true , but lower-middle-class , not working-class . |
| 6 | It took me four to five months to get back to the weight I was before I was pregnant . |
| 7 | I needed to find out who I had been told I was before I could contradict it . |
| 8 | She made me promise that I would n't tell you who I was until you said you loved me . |
| 9 | I 'm going to tell you right away that , although I was n't a virgin when we married , I was until I left the train with Ludovico . |
| 10 | There I was until I was seventeen , to emerge improbably as an existentialist . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't realise how worried I was until I stopped worrying . |
| 12 | She knew me as Matt and I did n't want to alert you to who I was until I 'd found out what was going on . |
| 13 | It did n't dawn on me how seriously injured I was until I got into hospital and they sent for a cameraman to photograph me because they had never seen anyone survive injuries like mine and they wanted a record . |
| 14 | And I was cos I had , I had a massive argument with Vicky about party politics ! |
| 15 | Actually I was cos I I had the back door open and I thought I 'll just leave it and if he wants to come in he can and I poured him a a bit of a drink of milk and er , then I went in the kit , in the bathroom and the door was still open and then suddenly I thought God I wonder where he was ? |
| 16 | I was when he left . |
| 17 | six months was down to the two three pounds under the weight I was when I started . |
| 18 | Well I 'm still getting myself in a tangle , like I was when I came . |
| 19 | This morning I can kind of feel it , but last night it was as if I was when I swallowed there was a big lump . |
| 20 | And when I was when I got to New York , I was met by two first cousins from two different families er Bert who 's er er nephew of my my mother 's sister Laura Anne in in New York , and another one , William who 'd been very successful vice president of or something . |
| 21 | I was when I actually bumped into the Bishop of the other day . |
| 22 | I 'll tell you when I was i whe when I was when I was head man for Sammy I was only getting fifteen quid a week and my , and my house . |
| 23 | I know where I was when I wrote assume superb , he assumed the Friends Provident policies were good |
| 24 | I was in the Drama Club when I was when I stayed at home , but we did n't do pantomimes , we we did plays , one act plays , and three act plays , we did three act plays . |
| 25 | Well er I went when I was when I went first went and do you know I went into the to the place and do you know I run away from the place . |
| 26 | Similar to what I was when I went . |
| 27 | Yeah , but I wish it would n't fucking happen when I was when I 'm fucking forty three . |
| 28 | I know I was when I worked in fruit packing , it 's like someone drops an orange , Urgh urgh urgh ! |
| 29 | Oh , you ca n't think how relieved I was when you phoned … ’ |
| 30 | You knew how I was when you married me , and everything I do is as much for you as for me . |