Example sentences of "i [verb] there was [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I suppose , I mean it would depend on where you were going back to , to where you which , which region then because I mean there was such a difference in in what the villages were going to erm accept . |
| 2 | I suppose I can understand it now , I mean it must of been a lovely place , and then to have all these new houses going up you know , but erm , I mean there was some lovely , lovely lanes |
| 3 | Did they di do you think they I was going to say enjoy there but I do I do n't think that 'd be the right word , but d did they like or did they prefer to work piece work or was it something that they loathed or I mean there was more money to be made at it was n't there ? |
| 4 | I mean I said to her today I mean there was this costume there and I said here get that one there I said french maid outfit , nurse 's outfit . |
| 5 | because for eighteen months I mean there was this sledgehammer and all you could hear was boom , boom |
| 6 | Ah now you think about it , I mean there was this question in our maths test and I was chatting to him in the dinner queue about it and I was going yeah it was this and he goes oh you 're probably right and he was agreeing with me and I found out later that I was wrong but he still agreed with me . |
| 7 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off ’ . |
| 8 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off . |
| 9 | After I got there was this lorry chasing me , and I was always running |
| 10 | For everyday guitar sounds like chorus , reverb and delay I found there was little to choose between the ME-6 and ME-10 , until it came to modifying them . |
| 11 | You will understand then something of the climate prevailing around Darlington Hall by the time of my father 's fall in front of the summerhouse — this occurring as it did just two weeks before the first of the conference guests were likely to arrive — and what I mean when I say there was little room for any ‘ beating about the bush ’ . |
| 12 | And I say there was some sort of a an embarrassment I can only call it |
| 13 | The er bloke in there said did I know who owned the I noticed there was this little long haired sort of black and white or grey dog that was er tethered to a oh a lamp post or something outside . |
| 14 | ‘ I hear there was more trouble in Angleside at the weekend , ’ says Marjorie , wiping the milky foam of the cappuccino from her lips with a dainty tissue . |
| 15 | ‘ I know there was some trouble backstage last night , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Irish hockey coach Cees Koppelaar reflects on his team 's failure to qualify for the World Cup and his plans for the future I know there was some criticism when I had to leave before the final inter-provincial game in Dublin last season — that was because of my club commitments in Holland . |
| 17 | Well , it may have been true , but , since receiving her letter , I know there was another reason . |
| 18 | I know there was another woman in his life . ’ |
| 19 | The second point , briefly , is that the white paper has turned its face on the establishment of an environmental protection agency , and independent environment protection agency , and erm , you may feel strongly , I know there was another report that came out just about that time that erm was advocating it , and you may feel that what is needed is a central , independent environmental protection agency . |
| 20 | ‘ I remember there was some tinned meat we had once in the Store , ’ said an elderly nome . |
| 21 | I understand there was some kind of rift and Mr Swinton is not recognized by his brothers , the eldest of whom has now assumed the baronetcy . |
| 22 | One incident stands out in particular as a point when I felt there was little more I could do : |
| 23 | I gather there was some doubt in your case ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I gather there was some silly talk about you being replaced ? ’ |
| 25 | I knew there was another Peru . |
| 26 | I knew there was some on it . |
| 27 | Because what I saw there was that as a single function as a single function . |
| 28 | Well I gathered there was some problem . |
| 29 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
| 30 | He wrote to Sheldon , ‘ My folly and forwardness hath wrought my trouble ; but yet there was zeal in it , and I thought there was much reason , and I am sure I intended piously , and there are very many that still do think so . ’ |