Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but she said I were called one night I went with her daughter-in-law |
| 2 | If I were to take this gun and shoot … who ? |
| 3 | If I were to choose any country in the world to live as a family in it would have to be somewhere different , perhaps exotic . |
| 4 | When I left at two o'clock , Tally and I were addressing each other by first names ( ‘ Elliot ’ was strange to him and we settled for ‘ Ellix ’ ) and I was able to address the two waitresses by their first names without feeling uncomfortable . |
| 5 | I were gon na report it today then I got talking with gaffer I were sorting this job out |
| 6 | I were telling you about Irene , I were filling this thing in and I put right , sixty four I were gon na put sixty four , that were it . |
| 7 | When I first started I were getting fourteen shilling a day . |
| 8 | Every time I took a big breath I were getting short pains all down this side ? |
| 9 | And I were to guess that learning together is also a model of rich and diverse possibilities . |
| 10 | Well they 've wanted a mid-field player and a good striker , now people well write letters to local press informing them of this , but they do n't seem to be prepared to do this , they , the managers want to do their own thing as far as I can see they think the people on the terraces do n't know anything , but Jim and I were saying last night they wanted a mid-field player for ages now all this season , a ball winner , they have n't had one since Willie used to play and |
| 11 | DENNING J. stated the facts and continued : If I were to consider this matter without regard to recent developments in the law , there is no doubt that , had the plaintiffs claimed it , they would have been entitled to recover ground rent at the rate of £2,500 a year from the beginning of the term , since the lease under which it was payable was a lease under seal which , according to the old common law , could not be varied by an agreement by parol ( whether in writing or not ) , but only by deed . |
| 12 | I had a phone call , and you know that place I were going this afternoon ? |
| 13 | If I were to rewrite this book in ten years ' time , in the light of further research and experience , my own views might well have changed somewhat . |
| 14 | If I were to seek one word to describe the quality of these works of art many by famous names , many by local artists to whom the purchase brought rare encouragement — I should say that they are alive . |
| 15 | ‘ I would back myself to score 20 goals this season if I were to have three chances in every game , but those opportunities do not come so easy for me in Italy . |
| 16 | I knew the answer before I was recalled twenty minutes later , and Dr Barton pronounced judgment . |
| 17 | It was five-thirty in the morning , and when I finally got to sleep I was hating those birds . |
| 18 | Stockholm-based DJ Dr Alban — who has shot to No 4 with It 's My Life admits : ‘ I was drilling this guy 's tooth when all of a sudden blood started spurting everywhere . |
| 19 | Said I was to take extra care to keep your ears warm , specially with this wind . |
| 20 | I was using stiffer rods and he was using softer ones . |
| 21 | So for instance if my backup window is an hour and that 's how long it take me to backup my database today , if had the backup server and I was using one device it took an hour , if I used two it would learn one dialect of S Q L. as |
| 22 | Cos I was using that issue at that time , but we always make the proviso that if things change , you may have to alter your mind about where your money 's placed . |
| 23 | I started using oil more and more and by the time I was ten I was using Cubist techniques . |
| 24 | I started using oil more and more and by the time I was ten I was using Cubist techniques . |
| 25 | The point of the story is that when I was using softer rods and he favoured stiffer ones we both caught , relatively speaking , no fewer fish than we do today . |
| 26 | I was singing little Hareton to sleep when Catherine came in . |
| 27 | Training hurt and it was always a battle to force myself out , but after six months I was managing sixty miles a week and sometimes doing fifteen miles non-stop in a hundred minutes . |
| 28 | Then he said , ‘ If I was to advertise this job how likely would you be to apply for it ? ’ , and suddenly the hairs prickled on the back of my neck , because I knew he was serious . |
| 29 | ‘ I was eating some gnocchi with this Italian — I did n't say nookey . ’ |
| 30 | Oh I was bored to tears and I was eating whole time |