Example sentences of "i [was/were] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your Mum and I were just about to phone the police . ’ |
| 2 | I were just pretending to him , because I ai n't really full of beans . |
| 3 | My girl-friend and I were just making-up after a quarrel . |
| 4 | And and John and I were just in fits . |
| 5 | " Harry and I were just wondering how we were going to get her clothes on again . " |
| 6 | Oh yes I appreciate but I were just wondering what branches they were in , you 've explained that , that . |
| 7 | And the manager the un the the deputy met me he says , And I were just going down main road at nighttime as me dad were coming up . |
| 8 | And , for the slenderest sliver of a human second , wish I were just any other ordinary shortlife mortal lesbian on that dancefloor … |
| 9 | If I were just starting zandering from the beginning I would not even consider night fishing for them until I had got my act together in the daytime . |
| 10 | Billy and I were just good friends , really good mates . |
| 11 | Well no , but and I were just thinking well why ca n't it just be all things together that make us what we are and when you 're trying to find a single thing , the only single thing is the one , which is the unity and then there 's no differentiation but I do n't think that , that we are , we are our body as well and that then can affect the soul you know , if you , if you 've got a big nose and all your life people stare at you you 're gon na , you 're not going to be unaffected by it . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's all right , Dr Markham , ’ she replied , then in a sudden flash of inspiration , and hoping that David would realise what she meant , she said , ‘ Jimmy and I were just discussing visiting Len Seager in hospital . |
| 13 | ‘ My cousin and I were just discussing you , ’ Mandy admitted cheerfully . |
| 14 | ‘ The little lady and I were just talkin' about where to have dinner . ’ |
| 15 | I were just thinking where my sander were . |
| 16 | I were just talking about you to Maggie then . |
| 17 | I were just so psyched up on Wednesday and then I had to go in on the Friday before so I did n't |
| 18 | I were just like that when I were at home on me own at night , John used to play dominoes on a Friday night , the kids were in bed I 'd be in and out of kitchen |
| 19 | Oh I were just wondering . |
| 20 | I were just looking at this . |
| 21 | I do n't know , I was just sitting on the grass one day , down by the river . |
| 22 | His biggest problem was that because of the way things work in academic life , regardless of whether or not I changed my lectures from one year to the next , I was just about unsackable . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's all right , I was just leaving , ’ I said , and I stood up . |
| 24 | Unemployment had then just begun its big rise but there were still jobs going — I was just being silly about which ones to apply for . |
| 25 | By early evening , I was just too bored to stick the place any longer so I went back to the hotel . |
| 26 | It 's funny , I was just thinking . |
| 27 | I was just wondering , that 's all . |
| 28 | The glider dived almost vertically and I was just in time to pull back on the stick so that we hit the ground in a level attitude without any damage . |
| 29 | I was just a kid looking for the ‘ juice ’ ’ . |
| 30 | I was just an honest guy who wanted to get on with what he did best , scoring tries , and I think the supporters responded to that . ’ |