Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , they told me , and the they were on , and they were like they really expected them to just make up and they started having a fight ! |
| 2 | Brigitte is having a party and when I knew you were here I naturally said we would go . ’ |
| 3 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 4 | Why we were there we never knew , |
| 5 | What , oh what did n't you know who it was so you just said hello |
| 6 | It was all he most hated . |
| 7 | The Upchers did not want anything elaborate , and although Repton had been famous for castellated picturesqueness , here was the perfect chance to create simple neo-classicism , which was all he secretly cared for and the conventional essence of those first twenty years of the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | He was seldom in the house except to eat or sleep and when he was all he ever did was yell , ‘ Get the tea . |
| 9 | It 's just that — at first he seemed to be so nice , he was so charming , he was a lot of fun — most of the time — and I did n't realise that was all he really wanted from me . |
| 10 | In all the time the child was away she never received them . |
| 11 | While he was away she never stopped reminding us at the top of her voice that she was n't a five by two . |
| 12 | When three-year-olds were asked what colour the card was really they typically said ‘ blue ’ . |
| 13 | And it was then she finally asked me a question that has bothered her for twenty years . |
| 14 | I am sure it was then she either brought the latch down or , if it had already fallen , made sure it was in place . ’ |
| 15 | It was then I finally knew I had found my bride . |
| 16 | It was then I really noticed the stench for the first time . |
| 17 | I just wondered because er Trevor was there I just wondered if he was |