Example sentences of "[pers pn] was i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was me and it was both frightening and exciting , like driving very fast round a precipitous bend with someone now and again taking my hands off the wheel and forcing me to trust . |
| 2 | I used to be Harry Maxim , then I was me and Jenny , and now I just do n't know and it 'll take more than lemon tea and a pink silk handkerchief in my sleeve and reading Goethe over breakfast to tell me . |
| 3 | Someone who would smile when I walked into a room , look pleased that I had come home — not because they wanted something from me , but because I was me . |
| 4 | Oh if I was me and I was on my own I 'd ha I 'd have to have the telly in the bedroom . |
| 5 | Tell you if I was I would n't see you . |
| 6 | We had rather a lot to drink , and before I knew where I was I found myself being hustled into a broom closet by three men . |
| 7 | Snip , the mare , was n't as friendly or cooperative as Dick , and used to be very awkward when I was I sweeping the hay with her . |
| 8 | Well , maybe ‘ blossom ’ is an exaggeration , but I told Gillian one or two of Oliver 's jokes , and we talked about being apprehensive over coming to the group , and then it emerged that she was half-French , and I had something to say about that , and the estate agent tried to bring in Germany but we were n't having any of it , and before I knew where I was I had half-turned my shoulder to exclude the other chap and was saying , ‘ Look , I know you 've only more or less just arrived , but you would n't like a spot of supper would you ? |
| 9 | So I have , for the most part , named neither although wherever I was I sought a Black or Asian presence . |
| 10 | But erm I do n't think that the town show perhaps I was I 'm prejudiced to the fact that , that we 'll be losing money rather than making it but it was n't anything like we put on for entertainment ! |
| 11 | I had n't bothered with landing lights and I was n't sure , any longer , where I was I only knew I had to keep climbing and that somewhere at the top was relief and safety . |
| 12 | Well I was I 'm |
| 13 | I was I was |
| 14 | I think the architects cos I was I was engaged in trying to find a sort of temporary work for er somebody in archaeology and and erm I remember I got to s to an architect and and he did quite a lot of that sort of work you know and they |
| 15 | About here I was I just had the urge you know |
| 16 | I was I was gon na suggest that Trevor an an and Andrew draw up |
| 17 | And and I was I was in in the grocery on Monday morning but erm we were go through a pack of you know . |
| 18 | N well I was I was erm I would have been called up in another two months after the War was over , if the War had continued I would have been eighteen in in that in the following January . |
| 19 | I can only really remember one occasion when my husband knew that I was I was taking Pills at the time , I think I took about twenty eight in one night . |
| 20 | I was I was er er we we were n't butties because butties worked on the face , you see ? |
| 21 | I 'd I was I was glad when they said no more can move into Green , cos I was thinking , Well my sister 's getting a house soon and my other sister she 's getting a house and I do n't want them two living round here as well cos the me mam and dad wo n't be able to see them either , you know if they move into the flats so I was glad . |
| 22 | flats , I was I was working erm in with a voluntary agency . |
| 23 | And when I when we went to , I was I was running a four lad for another fellow . |
| 24 | Mind you I was I was still on three years in in colours and and then I got nine years reserve to do after that . |
| 25 | In fact before when I was tha when I was young I was I met th I were on night shift meself ganging . |
| 26 | Yes yes I was I had a month 's terminal leave er I 'd er I 'd heard that there was a job going , er phoned them up on the on the Monday , had an interview Tuesday , started the Friday . |
| 27 | We were I was I was patrolling at the time , with me partner . |
| 28 | I was I was in here they they broke the window . |
| 29 | First of all I thought I 'd tell you who I was I 'm a G P in er in New Harlow , in Bush Fair , and I 've been there for nearly three years now . |
| 30 | Well I was I was me leg for a bit too But I went up to Monklands and |