Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [coord] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right , there had been two of them involved and it was unfair , but he would be feeling tricked … and trapped . |
| 2 | I hurried on , slipping on the black ice , cursing and praying , hammering at the doors I passed but I was so cold I could hardly cry out . |
| 3 | But when I finally got to bed again it was well into Monday morning and it was Monday afternoon when I surfaced and there was a policeman on the door and it had n't been a nightmare after all . |
| 4 | I bid around £2 million for him shortly after I arrived but it was turned down . |
| 5 | At Brigade H.Q the Brigade Major was just leaving as I arrived and there was no sign of Shimi Lovat . |
| 6 | I telephoned and he was going to ‘ tune-in ’ also ! |
| 7 | And although I 'm not I enjoyed the piping , I enjoyed But I was not at peace I says I says , you 've even ruined me for this . |
| 8 | I am often asked what if I had an accident or I collapsed and there was no one around to help . |
| 9 | The shift was in fact half over by the time I started and I was n't really able to do much of any value . |
| 10 | This was not actually what I meant but it was reported as a sort of ‘ leadership whinge ’ and general complaint . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know how I looked but I was shocked . |
| 12 | but I looked and it was actually |
| 13 | And I I went but it was so embarrassing it made me ill . |
| 14 | Er because the pit bottom was lit up and it meant going down into the dark , an exciting thought for a young fella , er and so off I went and I was put down on one of the faces , as a lad , and said , Right lad , you want to be collier ? |
| 15 | And er , some of us did go , Maisie went and and I went and there was Joan , . |
| 16 | Okay now this Prozac 's in the same group of substances as the one I took and I was willing to do a slight trade-off here . |
| 17 | ‘ I did and it was splendid . ’ |
| 18 | I did and it was one of the reasons I lost my seat in the Dail . ’ |
| 19 | One time I did and he was tapping me on the shoulder saying , ‘ I 've broken a string ’ . |
| 20 | I did and I was absolutely amazed at how much stuff I sold and the kind of things people bought . |
| 21 | I , I morning , I , she get what I said when you get one , I went and got you one I said but it was one ninety nine . |
| 22 | Cos I said to , I said I know Sally ca n't work , I said but she was n't supposed to be working anyway . |
| 23 | and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never . |
| 24 | And I had but I was soon off when I got at well just past there to pull up there . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought it was a weakness I had but it was n't — it proved to be my strength . |
| 26 | This is what a girl in Borstal meant when she said to me , ‘ I gave him everything I had but it was n't enough ’ . |
| 27 | A chicken no a king prawn korma I had and it was lovely . |
| 28 | ‘ Pretty much what happened was that I 'd been waiting all this time to be successful , to achieve whatever I was going to achieve , now I had and I was sitting in this flippin' hotel thinking : This is not where it 's at . |
| 29 | I went off to the doctors , she said I had and I was upset |
| 30 | ( Come to think of it , I had and there was n't . ) |