Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] was [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought , the not that I made there was safety . |
| 2 | About three months before I finally , I was husband made me go to the doctor or go to the doctors for me and that 's when I realized it was depression I did n't know anything about it then . |
| 3 | I realised it was time to move out . |
| 4 | When Yasmin and I met it was Ramadan , and Yasmin , a Muslim girl of seventeen , was fasting . |
| 5 | I assumed it was coincidence , seeing him in Wexford , and then finding him staying in the same hotel . |
| 6 | And er last time I came it was Doctor and he changed |
| 7 | ‘ I 'eard 'e was orf work wiv 'is back . ’ |
| 8 | I guessed it was part of your plot to steer me right away from Rob — in case I corrupt him . ’ |
| 9 | I discovered there was room for 10 bells , so it was just too tempting . |
| 10 | I figured it was time I interrupted the monologue . |
| 11 | However , my presence was clearly unsettling its regular inhabitants so I decided it was time to make a move — and time to confront Charles Howard . |
| 12 | ‘ I decided it was time to say goodbye , but before I could give notice Sam Hall , the Benskin 's area manager , phoned me to say the company was going to turn the Harrow into a managed house . |
| 13 | Equipped with such information , I decided it was time to hit the streets . |
| 14 | When other nations subsequently joined the EEC , I decided it was time to hold fire on future Antichrist prophecies . |
| 15 | how you can persist in being so utterly incompetent bewilders me , and so while indulging in a little light entertainment in the ZZAP ! offices ( brutally torturing the staff for being human ) I decided it was time I found a solution to the problem . |
| 16 | After three weeks of perch work I decided it was time to start training her to fly from other locations . |
| 17 | Now I decided it was time to find out . |
| 18 | Helen continued to circulate ; I decided it was time for a pee and then maybe some food , which took me via the garden ( there was a queue for the downstairs loo , and the upper part of the castle was locked ) to the kitchen . |
| 19 | I decided it was time to look into the Bunker properly , and set off along the bank at a jog , swinging round the southernmost dune towards the old pillbox . |
| 20 | I decided it was time for a change . ’ |
| 21 | I decided it was time to return . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 23 | As I had already been rock-climbing I decided it was time to take part in the activity which I had been looking forward to , canoeing ! |
| 24 | I felt it was security yer wanted . |
| 25 | Having made such progress in Sheffield , I felt it was time to move back to home ground , so I set up a CHE group in Rotherham . |
| 26 | I resigned from the family planning about seven years ago when my husband retired , as I say because he used to help me very much and when he retired and my children had all married I felt it was time that I should retire too . |
| 27 | ‘ I felt it was time you had your own . ’ |
| 28 | Because we 've given much space to the needs of working mothers , I felt it was time to give housewives their say . |
| 29 | And Wright , the Golden Boot winner after hammering 29 goals last season , said : ‘ I knew I was onside . |
| 30 | Jackie phoned me up to say , she phoned me up today for a chat , we were chatting away and she said erm , I heard Brenda , Brenda , so I knew it was girl , and er , I was saying she walked straight into the kitchen and I was sort of still on the phone , I was saying yeah , yeah , ok and erm , I said I 'm going out shopping and I 'm taking the dog with me , I said ok fair enough , she said well you 'll probably be gone when I get back , I said oh might be but she said but I do n't know and erm you know and I just put the phone down cos she wanted to see the pictures , my little girl asked put all the pictures up for him and er were looking at all the pictures and I 'd forgotten about Jack on the phone you know , so she s all of a sudden I got back she said oh your phone call she said who you talking too ? |