Example sentences of "it [was/were] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah it were after I 'd had summat to eat . |
| 2 | Now , I have put down reports about the finance committee er as it were but I think the responses from the churches and districts sort of calculator will be there , we think that it would seem as though we should only offer the same amount as last year . |
| 3 | And Corner well er it it 's turned full circle has it were when we came and then er there were other firms they did away with some part of the shop . |
| 4 | what it were when I started going . |
| 5 | And erm well we wrapped up a whole pile of paper for paper paper recycling and erm we mushed it up and the best of the stuff we put in the liquidizer and erm we put it in a tank and dyed left some stuff as it were and we dyed some other stuff green . |
| 6 | It 's er erm a little bit more straightforward a we 're looking straight onto this wall , looking straight onto the steps , and we 're looking straight onto the door , so everything is looking , sort of erm full-faced as it were and I think that makes for a less interesting composition than the previous one . |
| 7 | And what this means is that from now on the cla lectures will trail the classes , which , which does n't matter and is actually quite er a good thing in the sense that what will happen from now on is that we 'll first do a topic in the class and then I will give the lecture on it the week after , or possibly even two weeks after , which is okay because it means that then in the lecture I can concentrate on filling in the gaps , straightening out the misunderstandings and generally adding to what we did in the class , rather than leading as it were as I have up until now . |
| 8 | As sprinter Mike MacFarlane said of his parents ' total lack of encouragement : ‘ It was 'cause they had n't got the time to think about it . ’ |
| 9 | Er , it is n't just Alton Towers , it 's whether you should get discounts on Penguin Books it was whether you got , er , bottles of Chateau le Tour erm it , it requests for many different things and , er , you know , alright er , it we could , we could , if Alton Towers seemed to be what , er , all shareholders wanted er , perhaps we , we could consider that but , but , but we do have a number of a attractive products . |
| 10 | But it was before they went in for all the cryptonyms and digraphs and five-letter codes because that 's what computers like … ’ |
| 11 | He was a striker we had during the 80 's sometime — I think it was before we got relegated . |
| 12 | I think it was before we spent ten pound on the phone . |
| 13 | Will he also introduce training schemes to put the United Kingdom back where it was before we had a Tory Government and to take it out of this recession ? |
| 14 | No exactly but I think prior to that , we did do what you 're suggesting , we did go round all the areas , Dick , myself and Malcolm and Chris , walked round all the areas , told told the people what needed tidying up to go in the it was before we had the racking up by the way so it was more messy |
| 15 | And once we had it was before we had all our carpet done in the hall |
| 16 | ‘ Ida , ’ he said , ( of course , I used my real name there ) ‘ it was before I knew you , and I never met her . |
| 17 | It was before I had the bairn , and I would n't go and they put us down the block for being cheeky . |
| 18 | He came to see me , it was before I had this illness er these two illnesses . |
| 19 | ‘ It was before I came here , but I heard a bit from Bee Moore … |
| 20 | I disremember if it was October or November — it was October , 'cos it was before I came up here to join the matriculation class . ’ |
| 21 | In other words , the total reproductive success that my parental investment has produced is now greater than it was before I started . |
| 22 | But added to that , I can well remember staying at Kettleborough Chequers erm and er walking along from Kettleborough to Brandeston erm th the very next morning after I 'd come here and I think it was before I think it was quite likely before we had we had actually met , I do n't know whether it was the first day or the second |
| 23 | And it was before you had your pacers and sprinters . |
| 24 | ‘ It was before you came to England , I suppose ? ’ |
| 25 | It was before he wed her , anyway . |
| 26 | It was before he had gone to school . |
| 27 | Dalziel knew who it was before he turned . |
| 28 | I think it was before he arrived that we changed the name to New Times of Burma . |
| 29 | I bought one erm I think it was a year or two back then our next door neighbour di , well no , it was before she died , she gave me one . |
| 30 | Very quick it was but we did have a nice bath did n't |