Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [pron] [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greatest pleasure I gave him was the fact that nobody knew about me . |
| 2 | The most interesting place I saw there was the university , which was full of very clever men , with very clever ideas . |
| 3 | And er in the back I think it was the back bedroom there was a , a light switch and the wiring was sort of hanging from , from the switch . |
| 4 | On answering the phone I discovered it was the manager of my football team , Bob , to say that due to a waterlogged pitch the game was off . |
| 5 | ‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’ |
| 6 | Now one commentator I believe it was the the foreman mason involved in the building of Skerrymor described the landing on the rock as being like climbing up the side of a bottle . |
| 7 | About this time last year I think it was the same week he came there were five judges that he picked every year for fifteen years . |
| 8 | The second time I saw her was the day after I arrived . |
| 9 | On odd nights that would worry me but in time I realised they were the kind of neighbours who never caused a disturbance . |
| 10 | He 's always sending her flowers — and last time I looked she was the only one on his list who got an ‘ A ’ . |
| 11 | We started a bit shaky , and took a while to adjust , but in the end we could have added to our tally , by which time I felt we were the better side . ’ |