Example sentences of "was [adv] [coord] [pers pn] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next moment he was inside and she was closing the door behind him , then leading him along the narrow hallway towards the living-room . |
| 2 | ‘ It was 11pm and we were watching television . |
| 3 | ‘ That was yesterday and I was solving a different problem then . ’ |
| 4 | And he 's been there now about three years and they 're just surviving , and he 's says , I 'm earning roughly what I was here but I 'm working literally twice the hours . |
| 5 | when Mikie was here and you were doing nights , and he called us one day and I said it 's not six o'clock yet he said you 're |
| 6 | Raymond was here and I was going out with her |
| 7 | But er and then Astra was here and she was going bloody North ! |
| 8 | Do you know when I went out to the maths thing I was waiting for , I was there and I was heard about these forgotten a calculator ! |
| 9 | And as he leaned against the railings he suddenly tasted it , the moment Creed had planned for him , the moment he 'd always longed for , dreaded now , still longed for , and it was burnt sugar , sweet and caustic , on his tongue , it was like the flight of a bird across a window , it was there and it was gone , he could n't dwell on it , he could n't let the terror in , all he knew was what it would do for him , he knew that it would give him membership , he 'd be past the sliding sheet of glass , he 'd finally belong . |
| 10 | I know , it was there and it was stay until my mother , does n't do it within the week or something she throws everything out . |
| 11 | The point is , however , that it was there and it was growing ; and no ruler in the uncertain world of the 1530s could afford to ignore even limited evidence of its existence within his country . |
| 12 | And it hu go And it was there and it was left all night , and next day erm the man came back again and he cut it down the back with a big saw , and divided it up and then it was taken to the house where it was er up and then salted in a big barrel . |
| 13 | Just like girls were there , I was there and it was making love , that 's all I saw it as . |