Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] there was " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him there was some , I said somebody was interested in , well he 's got back in touch and he said can you come and do a twenty minute spot at this hotel in Bedford and he said really , I mean he 's doing it |
| 2 | I 'm sure I told you there was n't another meeting when you asked me , and I gather there 's been a bit of a problem as well for other people . |
| 3 | I assured her there was n't any harm and that she 'd done nothing wrong . |
| 4 | Last time I rang her there was someone there . |
| 5 | ( Last time I saw him there was in the first half vs Arse , where * Hodge * ! was given the right side … |
| 6 | Last time er it was er free distribution , so they needed someone to , workers for that and Sikh temple offered their services and er , I think they did the job very well because mostly we get a lot of volunteers round and er , many times I went their there was quite a big queue , er five or six people were serving at the same time . |
| 7 | I rang my dealer who told me there was nothing I could do about it . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose this is what you meant when you told me there was something wrong , and rushed off . |
| 9 | ‘ She told me there was this letter from Stan , questioning my loyalty to Barnet and my commitment to the club . |
| 10 | So anything I could offer that would be nice , oh she said I do n't know , now , but I 'll tell you when you come this afternoon and so that she told me there was around five or six o'clock and it was too late so I said well I 'll go on Monday morning , but they er were all closed on Monday morning . |
| 11 | Tugging the sweater on over her head as she hurried aft , she told herself there was absolutely nothing to be afraid of . |
| 12 | He looked tired and drawn , and for a moment , she told herself there was a look of pleasure in his eyes before it vanished and he reached out to prevent the door closing . |
| 13 | The boy who took her there was called Joey something or other . |
| 14 | And er when we got there there was a little chit-chat about that . |
| 15 | When we went there there was only two roads . |
| 16 | When they found her there was n't hardly a mark on her . |
| 17 | When the police returned the car they told him there was nothing wrong with it and the engine was legitimate . |
| 18 | When they needed her there was no familiarity too close for them to keep as they brushed their feathers against her cheek and went toppling along her arms to eat out of her hands — then she could feel they loved her . |
| 19 | They took what there was to take , all the mounts that were fit to travel , all the arms that lay masterless about the field , and vanished in the dusk up-river into the mountains with their prisoners and their triumph . |
| 20 | If they harmed her there was no way they could get off the train other than jumping and , with it travelling at over ninety-five miles an hour , that did n't seem a very good idea . |
| 21 | The red robe they gave her there was the first bright colour she had worn . |
| 22 | ‘ He told me there was no one to go in that plot except Mary , who 's the surviving sister . |
| 23 | He told me there was one thing which had deeply troubled him throughout his life , and that was refusing to acknowledge you when you were in trouble . |
| 24 | He told me there was no chance of that . |
| 25 | He told me there was a fifteen-per-cent reduction in milk yield from his herd of cows and wanted to know why . |
| 26 | He reminded me there was a counterclaim for £2,444 and that by the order the plaintiffs in this action were released from any possible liability on the counterclaim . |