Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there . |
| 2 | 2 Remember all the details that you can — you may have forgotten some of them when you were telling it the first time . |
| 3 | We had no way of knowing it , but those messages were to bring us the first concrete news of John for eighteen months . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Something was bothering you the first time we met , and you kept quiet about that , too . |
| 6 | She knew he was leaving her the next day , perhaps for ever . |