Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My feeling towards the pregnancy was one of absolute delight and excitement , but having worked 8 years since leaving school to get where I was it was a major concern to me that my work or my position within the firm should not suffer . |
| 2 | D. A. Round where I was it was particularly deserted . |
| 3 | But somewhere else I was it was much worse . |
| 4 | I was it was asthma was n't it ? |
| 5 | and I phoned one night late and , it was late and I phoned for I wanted her to come home , and I was it was quarter to twelve and said she 's not home yet . |
| 6 | Cos , she had mind you , I was it was a weekday and there was loads of lorries on |
| 7 | I told you , I was it was only the man who looks after the buildings . |
| 8 | she could n't she just did n't smile every time like , she was it 's like , I think it 's something to do with , sounds like it 's something to do with the parents maybe . |
| 9 | And we were it was just to us like English . |
| 10 | They were It were divided into to , you could go to a high , or you could carry on at what they call supplementary . |
| 11 | So it took them days but we were very glad to have them because they were It was such a good crop and they were lying flat . |
| 12 | But thinking back I mean they they were it was very good of them really you know , the they were very fair . |
| 13 | Serum urea and electrolytes , liver function tests , coagulation , and red cell folate were seldom abnormal and when they were it was probably because of an unrelated coexistent disease . |
| 14 | But that 's provided for you and it is erm it you know certainly the assignments I did on the medical practice they were it was very valuable . |
| 15 | So they were it was quite dark before they got the |
| 16 | Er they er in the days of sailing ships of course they were they were really they were it was really a dangerous place . |
| 17 | Well yes and they were it was you know the What impressed me also you know what it 's like when you go to these places I can remember going not so long ago to Blenheim and er just about to examine something and this thundering voice coming down the hallway , Do not touch . |
| 18 | Sunnyside Road , and erm , it were it was good accommodation we had our own bathroom and toilet er but again accommodation was cramped , we had no spare room |
| 19 | But er the welfare one was my er secret love as it were it was . |
| 20 | And then I had to th the shower just came , you know came to pieces in our hand , as it were it was not working as a shower so a plumber had to come Mr Butcher came into me |
| 21 | had the one before , it were it were wrapped around chassis underneath ! |
| 22 | Not , oh it was bad , it were it were , well , well stood up all traffic certainly . |
| 23 | What it was it 's from this book really |
| 24 | But er it was it 's really hard work you know . |
| 25 | It 's Saturday it was it 's not bloody arrangement . |
| 26 | Compared to what it was it 's bloody brilliant in n it ? |
| 27 | poor shop it was it 's just like |
| 28 | Well that 's what I said you know it 's just the same as it was it 's not |
| 29 | And it was it 's the same thing over and over and over again . |
| 30 | It was it 's a previous budget decision , I want to make that point , it was made before the last budget , and this has been a sort of a year of negotiations , that 's the first point and |