Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had just delivered an impassioned speech to win friends and financial support for WWF and I was near enough and lucky enough to be introduced to him . |
| 2 | I was nearly home and I come over queer . |
| 3 | The wife used to wait for somebody coming in the shop to buy something and then she 'd go out and get a a bit of meat and we 'd have a dinner , and er we had seven months of that before I was eventually more or less forced to go back . |
| 4 | ‘ I was wrong too when I thought you needed my protection . |
| 5 | I was so glad that I was up here when she came off stage . |
| 6 | I di last night when I was up there and he said to me what was that noise , I went through all the piles and I had a quick look in the bureau but , I did n't find that , I do n't know what I 've done with that |
| 7 | I was not critically or sceptically inclined . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry I was not here when you arrived . |
| 9 | Owing to my single-handed battle with the sandwiches , I was not late but cutting it a little fine , and Alan was already in the office writing a cheque when I panted in . |
| 10 | I was not there when they |
| 11 | Please remember when you are describing something that I was not there when it happened . |
| 12 | I was n't here when it was given out so I did n't know what it was |
| 13 | ‘ I was n't there but I understand there was a heavy all-night session , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Yeah well at the end of the day I mean I I was n't there but a the facts at the end of the day were that they 'd been buggering about with that radio system which they should n't do . |
| 15 | Red or pink or something , I was n't there but |
| 16 | I du n no I was n't there but I heard about it . |
| 17 | I do n't know what 's I do n't , I was n't there but I mean like . |
| 18 | On Sunday , yeah , he got in , I do n't know what happened I was n't there but and supposedly , yeah , he met , did you see Julie , one of the waitresses |
| 19 | Okay , the , the tale is that in January I booked Derwent dining hall for a barn dance next week and got a phone call yesterday but I was n't there and she rang back this morning , said oh I 'm very sorry , I 'm very sorry , but you ca n't have it , I 'm very sorry . |
| 20 | ‘ I was n't there when he went into the house . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , no , I was n't there when she delivered , ’ the ex-matron reminded her . |
| 22 | I do n't know I was n't there when mummy |
| 23 | I was n't actually that stoned were you ? |
| 24 | When I went to that rodeo with Jerry and I was n't home until after midnight , Harry did n't even ask me why I was so late — and he knew the time because he 'd been down to see if Islay 's foal was better . |
| 25 | I was just there when it started . ’ |
| 26 | I was already there and she came and sat by me . |
| 27 | I felt at the torn threads in my blouse and looked at the grazed skin underneath and shuddered , but I was all right and so was the tree . |
| 28 | I told my father I was all right and I 'd be in for my dinner in an hour or so , then went back to the shed to wipe Gravel down . |
| 29 | ‘ I was never less than fifty feet from the wall and at that distance , with a small pistol in the dark they 'd have had a job to hit a double-decker bus . ’ |
| 30 | I wanted specifically to address myself to one rumour which seems to be a circulating dilemma , a great deal of enthusiasm and I heard that at er Chichester Railway Station today erm the staff at Chichester Railway Station seem to be under the impression that the erm the emergency planning authorities er have imminent proposals to breach the railway line south of to allow the flood water to escape to the sea , with the result so I was quite earnestly and er without any doubt that the railway will be closed for six months erm the , the Chairman of the County Council just raised this issue with the Emergency Planning , I understand that this is er an unsubstantiated rumour and er that there be a an immediate er destruction of the railways is not imminent but er I think perhaps it shows that erm probably due to the the great media interest and all sorts of stories are er doing a round but it goes without saying of course that the railway was n't closed for six months to the railway , but I do n't think there is any er any prospect to that , but I think the Chairman Council feels that . |