Example sentences of "that was [prep] [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I mean er when I s er you know when I was on the Q E Two and was chatting with a fella and er he , they 'd been , he 'd obviously been cruising before and was on this cruise and er they were going on the er another Cunard ship a few months later , and it turned out that he was a hotelier who 'd bought a hotel in Swanage some years ago , I think he 'd had about seven bedrooms when he bought it and he gradually extended it , I forget how many he did tell me , and then he had a bit of a heart er attack and er his doctor told him to , you know , well if I were you I 'd just pack in your job which he did and that was about fifteen years ago he was I du n no if he was eighty or he was approaching eighty if he was n't and was in pretty good form , he was dancing , and er , you know , I mean there money 's no object . |
| 2 | She 'll come about , that was about five years ago and and she was talking about the schock and half , half the panel er da did n't even know , they could n't even spell it . |
| 3 | It still does smell a bit cos I have n't washed it since then and that was about three months ago . |
| 4 | and that was about seven years ago , and I wo n't smoke again . |
| 5 | ‘ Er … you have n't seen a blue Honda … er , that was on this corner earlier , have you officer ? ’ we asked levelly . |
| 6 | Her mind brought her abruptly back to the present when she thought , that was until two years ago when Jessie left the Dame School . |