Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I knew where I was we had begun our organization , choosing Sisters Against Disablement as its name . |
| 2 | And I remember one year , we 'd had some Webbs Curly lettuce and I was We had a good crop and I remember one lady who stayed in and she come used to come Well practically every other days for six of these . |
| 3 | Well he worked there and when I was we 'd left er Road , we 'd been up to up up to Terrace . |
| 4 | Well , maybe ‘ blossom ’ is an exaggeration , but I told Gillian one or two of Oliver 's jokes , and we talked about being apprehensive over coming to the group , and then it emerged that she was half-French , and I had something to say about that , and the estate agent tried to bring in Germany but we were n't having any of it , and before I knew where I was I had half-turned my shoulder to exclude the other chap and was saying , ‘ Look , I know you 've only more or less just arrived , but you would n't like a spot of supper would you ? |
| 5 | Yes yes I was I had a month 's terminal leave er I 'd er I 'd heard that there was a job going , er phoned them up on the on the Monday , had an interview Tuesday , started the Friday . |
| 6 | Yeah I was I had a shower , well , perhaps the water 's been turned down a bit . |
| 7 | I think I was probably screaming as well , but if I was I did n't yell anything memorable . |
| 8 | I was I did n't know which question to take |
| 9 | er , with his wife , I was I did n't think he was married to her . |
| 10 | We got chatting , he seemed intrigued by my descriptions of the carvings , and before I quite knew where I was he 'd accompanied me back here , appropriated a few of them , and disappeared . |
| 11 | She said how glad she was they had somewhere nice to stay and that she hoped they were being good and making their beds and helping with the washing up and remembering to clean their teeth . |
| 12 | He only knew that he had lost her , and she might be the liar , cheat and whore he thought she was , or the injured innocent she claimed to be — he did not care which , for whatever she was she had taken his life and his hopes with her . |
| 13 | And then when I went to talk to the sister , me , you know I fuck when I rang she was she had to have an operation on her knee , the whole kneecap was broke . |
| 14 | Most of the time her mother was not there ; or if she was she did n't appear . |
| 15 | She 's just like a week ago she was she did the manager 's job and , she drops she brings Joshua down here for about quarter to nine , then she goes back up to Stop Hill with the girls |
| 16 | I had n't said a word to her and and she she was she did n't talk to me . |
| 17 | No we no she 'd got out the pool you see , she was I did n't recognize her , she said oh it looks like all the family 's here and I was only talking to Evelyn and , and I kept trying to place her and it was only when she said oh Rebecca was born a month after cos she 's died her hair a different colour , I did n't , just did n't recognize her at all . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ The first impression from him was he did n't need to put his hand in his pocket to pay any money right from the first evening . ’ |
| 19 | When both parents are dead there is no one to talk with about those uncertain , early memories of people and places , or to confirm when it was we had measles , or where we stayed on holiday . |
| 20 | And they they seemed very determined er you know if if you do n't I think you 'd better er put the the box there and within twenty four forty eight hours or whatever it was we had the box in Quix you know . |
| 21 | No I was n't so much disappointed as that I was disappointed that there was only five would be sponsors and that it was we had to give out |
| 22 | It was we had fried oysters in |
| 23 | And it 's Glen it was we renamed it to Glenmanor . |
| 24 | As it was we finished a stroke behind Dai Rees and lied for second with Kel Nagle . |
| 25 | An' then we 'ave a look at Bill 's book to check out what it was we got up to . |
| 26 | So it was we 'd got distractions and then we suddenly chip in with all these choruses er no ! |
| 27 | And erm it was we looked at one hospital and quite clear over the years , but there was an internal leak somewhere . |
| 28 | They were the years in which we began to grow up ; in which we started to discover who it was we thought we 'd like to be ; in which our earliest ( and therefore longest-lasting ) preferences in love , music , pleasure were formed . |
| 29 | Yes it was we did |
| 30 | I keep squinting out the window of the 188 bus to recognize where it was we hid Patterson . |