Example sentences of "was [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 'T WAS thee as made her do it , Sam . ’ |
2 | ‘ 'T WAS thee as said it ! |
3 | It was me . |
4 | It was me , her personal tutor at that time , who persuaded her to stay . |
5 | ‘ I think it was me who started it , ’ I said . |
6 | I would n't mind so much but it was me who had to make all the moves when Andy and I first got started . ’ |
7 | It was me who spoke next . |
8 | There was me and her , Wally , Malcolm and Paul . |
9 | There was me and Charlie and Maurice and Jack left and we went when they closed . |
10 | Mum felt that she 's failed me by not stopping me sooner , but it was me who 'd let us both down . |
11 | The desire to be everything for somebody , the yearning for ultimate closeness , reached its lunatic peak in the sublime schizophrenia of ‘ If I Was Your Girlfriend ’ ; ‘ if I was your one and only friend would U run to me if somebody hurt U even if that somebody was me ? ’ |
12 | It was me . |
13 | These goons did not attack Dana — it was me they were after . |
14 | Once I had seen a rabbit snare fixed between the palings of a fence , and now my mind 's eye saw a rabbit hopping slowly towards this remembered snare as if hypnotized , and the rabbit was me . |
15 | Of course it was me . |
16 | It was me , me that finished him off ! ’ |
17 | ‘ — How could I rob Bella and her not know it was me , eh ? |
18 | ‘ It was me , Bella . |
19 | Stroking Sam , he added , ‘ More often than not , it was me going hungry . ’ |
20 | I was wondering : are they surprised because of the piece , or because it was me who stood up and read it ? |
21 | I was just cracking up ; they did n't realise it was me ! |
22 | ‘ That was me ! |
23 | That was me ! ’ |
24 | That was me . |
25 | The last one I was involved in , it was me that was stabbed ! |
26 | We 've grown up as if she was me mother . ’ |
27 | It was me who bathed him and turned off his light . |
28 | ‘ I 've had a little help from Barry Humphries in this , and I hope I 've paid him due credit , thought he did start that nasty rumour that he was me or I was him . |
29 | If anyone put Jacklin oft at this stage it was me , because I let out a roar when Lee 's ball went in , and I was keen to get to the 18th . |
30 | If anybody put him off at the 17th it was me jumping up and down . |