Example sentences of "[was/were] [det] [noun] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just that there were some things I needed to clear up with her about her husband 's estate . |
| 2 | Well , I say a small town , it was more of a village really , but I live in Mannheim now , since my parents died … anyway , when things came to a head , I failed to support her , though I agreed with her really — up to a point that is , there were some things I disagreed with her about . |
| 3 | ‘ There were some papers I thought you ought to see . |
| 4 | But that was a matter of choice ; there were some people I did n't like , and many more that I did n't even know . |
| 5 | ‘ You know , there were many things I wanted to do , but I never had the time for them . |
| 6 | And was that Gavin I saw being deported from Holland ? have n't heard anything from him this morning so I assume not . |
| 7 | ‘ If you 're — uh — gay , as they insist on calling it these days , then I 'll just have to accept it , but I shall always blame myself , always wonder where I went wrong with you , wonder whether it was that school I sent you to , I was never sure if it was a mistake or ’ |
| 8 | And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs |
| 9 | What was that boy I had working for me , I 've forgotten his name ? |
| 10 | Who was that client I saw in here ? |
| 11 | I took part in the obstacle course which when I was that age I found it difficult . |
| 12 | Erm my nan remembers him , was it somebody called , no no he was another character I think he sold newspapers , but erm I do , I do remember him er They 've always erm tried to get some entertainment on the pitch though prior to the matches to try and make it a family thing you know , I , I think Watford are the best club for that you know , because they , the supporters seem to take all the family along , as my son said when they went down there to the Cup replay they are very much a family sort , they do n't get a lot of trouble at Watford either . |
| 13 | So that was another mistake I made . |
| 14 | There was another time I had the same feeling . |
| 15 | There was another reason I came today . |
| 16 | There was another punishment I dreaded . |
| 17 | It was another shop I went to . |
| 18 | And school was another thing I 'd had enough of . |
| 19 | Andy : ‘ Like there was this man I know in Ireland who swears this story is true . |
| 20 | The last ‘ comeback ’ was this season I believe . |
| 21 | It was this guy I met in a cafe . |
| 22 | Yes , well er I was saying er it was this Mr I think it was , but it was to do with er a big firm in at the time and they wanted er some locks at Liverpool |
| 23 | It 's colder than it was this morning I think . |
| 24 | Outside , that was some stabling I think there . |
| 25 | And I looked out the window , I could n't see anybody next thing a car moved off so whether it was same crowd I do n't |
| 26 | And erm if there was any strain I did n't see it . |