Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm thinking I 'm sure you were Hannah because actually you were inside and they were outside , there 's like a door and the rest of the house between you ! |
| 2 | They were everywhere and they were nowhere . |
| 3 | and then I was away and he was n't there any more and I thought , what do I do now ? |
| 4 | Yeah there was five women and dad was away and I was out at the fishing just for the night . |
| 5 | She wished her father was home but he was very rarely around much these days , and when he was her mother fought with him . |
| 6 | I did n't know he was home and I was just on the point of going into her room when I heard him . ’ |
| 7 | At this point he decided to turn back , for even now it would be eleven before he was home and it was seldom he stayed out as late as that . |
| 8 | The air was still and it was pleasantly warm . |
| 9 | It was a moment to be savoured , when danger was past and I was wholly at peace . |
| 10 | Mum he was here but we were too late |
| 11 | Now she was here and it was just like old times : in the darkroom with Maggie , working on filthy pictures . |
| 12 | But that other bloke was there but he was n't in his normal place . |
| 13 | And when I took those I did n't come down for a , and that frightened me , I said to Russell I will never ever take speed because it 's if , I was er we were in the pub right on a Sunday morning and I was there but I was n't there , I was somewhere else . |
| 14 | And er all that , her other twelve children all came up to see her while she was there and they were beautifully kept , really well kept and well fed too . |
| 15 | His physique , his erm his physical appearance , his character and why he was there and it 's exactly what that Merv said off radiotherapy . |