Example sentences of "was [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where there was money they played . |
| 2 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |
| 3 | One of the great characters of the cutter fleet at that time was Leo Brock , ex P & 0 purser and when he was chef he demanded an assistant — and got one . |
| 4 | And the fairies was boat you see but they were kind of wandering kind of things . |
| 5 | Something that came up yesterday was interview you had , and Graham to make the comment , and he , he was trying to make the point that he , what he said , what he recommended , would have to be taken up by the council , and actually by the council when it happened . |
| 6 | Well cos at er , there were n't enough tide to take it away , I mean you ta you get clay well that 's , that 's solid and the amount of stuff I was dredge they use and use it , now we 're not the only ones got it , they got people from Harwich , people from Felixstowe , they were all dumping out there . |
| 7 | What the camera did was help you phrase questions . |
| 8 | ‘ It was Beck you spoke to when you called ? ’ |
| 9 | The instigators of the revolt were Hugh and Matfrid , the dis-honoured of 828 : it was Pippin they turned to first ; and when Charles 's mother Judith was taken from her husband 's side , and accused of adultery with Bernard , she was sent to custody in Aquitaine , at Ste-Croix , Poitiers . |
| 10 | How much of that little statement was truth she wondered , and how much Ryan 's exaggeration ? |
| 11 | And I do n't know it was truth he said I 'm just collecting all the mole skins for somebody 's mo For a coat , but that was just a story I think . |
| 12 | And er people was of often off for day or two , I mean really nice people , they were n't they were n't bad people , they were really nice people but they it was nature you see . |
| 13 | When asked if it was silk he replied ‘ I think it is , ’ obligingly donning it at the cash desk to the delight of watching photographers . |
| 14 | There was evidence he did . |
| 15 | Well it was it was charity you see . |
| 16 | That 's right , that that was that was water you see . |
| 17 | Well it was a kind of fur coat but it was rabbit I think , it was . |
| 18 | When it was midnight they took the body of the Cid , fastened to the saddle as it was , and placed it upon his horse Bavieca , and fastened the saddle well : and the body sate so upright and well that it seemed as if he was alive . |
| 19 | I mean , ‘ Cripes , dear , if it was anonymity you 'd wanted you should have gone into the family tailoring business , ’ I hear you say , with some justification . |
| 20 | It was anger she felt . |
| 21 | But upon the raven that was Mokosh he frowned , and bade her take herself underground . |
| 22 | Now , ’ he continued , giving Hilary a warm smile , ‘ it was paint you wanted , was n't it ? |
| 23 | All this was strategy he had developed to detract from their discrepancy in height . |
| 24 | The doctors were very keen you know very keen , and if actually if they had to go anywhere when there was trouble you know say you 'd got haemorrhage or anything like that they were supposed to report it you know . |
| 25 | This was better , this was music she knew , and somehow the room did n't feel so menacing . |
| 26 | Oh yes Dan used to stand outside calling er get your nice steak or get your nice egg bun and all this , they mostly had barkers , and it was competition you see between the , there was er Smiths the pork butchers , erm Cliffs the pork butchers , that was nearly by McMillans that were I forget and there used to be Olivers shoe shop round there and a Mr used to erm I do n't know whether you 've heard of Percy , no , and erm his father used to manage it and erm behind the Angel Alley you know the Angel Alley , well that was down shop there , and then there were several maid shops and there was the erm grocers , that 's er before you turn o that 's on the same side as Street , it , is it , is it Moors in Street , there 's a hardware shop on the corner now straight in the market place ? |
| 27 | But when he came along to tell her it was dinnertime he persuaded her to come down . |
| 28 | I do n't think it was romance I thought he kept her in chocolates and cigarettes . |
| 29 | It was love I felt ; yes , when I have read your books I feel more loving , and it is no use being alive if one does n't feel that . ’ |
| 30 | It was love he felt — and not only for her : for the pathetic room , the faded carpet , the floor boards , the stove , everything . |