Example sentences of "i [verb] [subord] it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Luther sent me to see if it was all right , for him to come and get himself something to eat . ’ |
| 2 | I asked if it was foreign and she said that it was . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I asked if it was for himself or his mother . |
| 4 | I mean before it was a little bit difficult to describe exactly what we wanted . |
| 5 | I mean cos it was , it was bad actually I mean I actually |
| 6 | Yes , I think that the crucial thing that 's emerging , especially from the area of artificial intelligence , is that we 're beginning to understand that what the name of the game is getting people to express their intentions , and for a long time we 've been , as it were , stuck in languages that do n't really help you to do that and we 're really beginning to understand now that erm what people are doing when they program indeed , I mean as it were the ace programmers , are expressing their intention for whatever 's to be done in the task the computer 's to perform clearly . |
| 7 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |
| 8 | If it , I mean if it were like today it will be lovely . |
| 9 | I mean if it were the case that we got on the way to establishing an appropriate atmosphere in the colleges , one where women felt comfortable and where they felt they could get the most from their educational experience , I think that would have profound impact on people 's later lives . |
| 10 | I 'm , I 'm certainly as I was going to come on to explain and the way you will see ourselves working , is not people who sit in the Town Hall and just turn out reports , I mean the kind of work we do and the way we work means that were actually very much involved in the community groups , but I mean if it was , if it was thought to be an issue that we needed to have greater community involvement , i.e. to resurrecting that forum then that 's something that , you know , we may need to address , but I never saw it as operating like that anyway , I mean I saw it as it 's almost like in a cabinet of members mainly . . |
| 11 | I mean if it was working well then maybe you 'd stay an extra year and sort of finish it off but |
| 12 | Mm , ah I mean if it was the question I mean I 've got that material we 've got it , I mean if it was question of sending out , I mean I could do that . |
| 13 | Mm , ah I mean if it was the question I mean I 've got that material we 've got it , I mean if it was question of sending out , I mean I could do that . |
| 14 | I mean if it was me being dog , but . |
| 15 | No , I think it 's a brown one according to Mary it looked brown it brown one not so bad , I mean if it was erm if it was a grey one would of been a sewer rat ! |
| 16 | Well it 's alright , I mean if it was the chassis that had gone |
| 17 | Yeah , I mean if it was peaks only I mean there 's nothing to stop me doing it . |
| 18 | but I mean if it was sort of about s s five yards , it would n't be five yards by three yards . |
| 19 | Well I , I mean if it was wrapped up in a box |
| 20 | I I thought you might in fact but I mean when it was first taken we first looked at the tape , people in there were n't sure so Oh that 's good news oh that helps a lot because they 've tried The original Moneytalk was developed on VAX V M S |
| 21 | Since , I mean when it was on the back I thought oh I do n't know how you get used to each since he took the evening out and then he 's different bloke |
| 22 | well I expect if it was a church school they had to put in appearance odd times . |
| 23 | as I say when it was sunlight shining through the bloody thing on his face . |
| 24 | And that was about every other day she used to bake about ooh I forget whether it was fourteen pound or twenty eight pound of flour she us . |
| 25 | As for the other end , Fraxilly , I doubted whether it was important enough to have any spies watching it . |
| 26 | I start counting from Wednesday which I know because it was the first day of term . |
| 27 | I figured if it was a security precaution it 'd probably work fast . ’ |
| 28 | I guess because it was like one perfectly held note , one exact and translucent colour . |
| 29 | I suppose if it was there all by itself it must have been a ram . ’ |
| 30 | Well I suppose if it was raining one night she might have done . |