Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh she was the big I am was n't she ? |
| 2 | I 'm was n't trying a bit of Strach Bashing earlier just its frustrating to see not be as good as he once was … though I still reckon last year he was watchinghimself to make sure he did not got injured . |
| 3 | I 'm was having on mine . |
| 4 | I 'm was leaning on this , look ! |
| 5 | I 'm was born in Chester ! |
| 6 | There 's been quite a lot of comment in the press erm , on high levels of , of salary of , of remu remuneration for directors and I think it might be helpful er , if I was were t were , were to make some general remarks on the background er , of how we er , approach directors ' remuneration . |
| 7 | It was when I took my jacket off and stood before a mirror and saw for the first time that all I was was a pair of scarlet braces , that I realised that evangelism was n't enough . |
| 8 | Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot |
| 9 | Well that night he walked out I was was n't I ? |
| 10 | And then i when I was was about the trout fishing in the loch here . |
| 11 | I was was with them |
| 12 | Er not really , the main source of income on the croft er when I was was er we keeping hens . |
| 13 | I think also where I was was n't like the main trading bit , I think it 's |
| 14 | There you are was we have it again now . |
| 15 | And as I got in here I saw that one of the men sitting just where you are was Hal MacQuillan . |
| 16 | Now , she were a bit upset cos I bought her dinner and that , and she were were n't too happy cos I paid her bus fare . |
| 17 | Peter , you were were you available at any of those times ? |
| 18 | Now you were were sponsored to travel around and er |
| 19 | said he went to the police station but it follows that you were were at home which . |
| 20 | Oh God you were were n't you ? |
| 21 | Oh Lindy you were were |
| 22 | The trouble with being what you were was that although your judgement was impeccable , the rest of the world just did n't always know it . |
| 23 | And another way of showing how wealthy you were was to keep up with the fashion ‘ look , I can afford to wear this year 's dress , I 'm not wearing last year 's or the year before 's ’ . |
| 24 | But to the criminal she 's was just an easy target . |
| 25 | My , my sister- in-law , she w had to go in just before Christmas , had to rather suddenly she 's was diagnosed in the summer as having diverticulitis and they planned a sort of diet out to keep her really well and she was in terrible pain and they rushed her off for a scan and er she goes privately cos Vernon , I think actually his is BUPA that he 's in , he joined when it first came out and she wrote to me and she said oh I 'm , I just feel so lonely , there 's nobody to talk to , I 've got nobody to see or anything and she felt a bit cos she was n't really that ill |
| 26 | She 's was alright . |
| 27 | Yeah , she 's was a copper 's wife . |
| 28 | Yeah she 's was |
| 29 | She 's was blooming yawning ! |
| 30 | We thought you 's was with Neil . |