Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " The thing that impressed me most was seeing the pros in trouble get out of trouble , " he says . |
| 2 | The roofs of the tents and pavilions collected water until the weigh t burst the material and everyone inside was drenched . |
| 3 | The fact that all of them together were plotting something is hard to get used to . |
| 4 | Really that 's very interesting and I accept that erm I personally was do the figures include the anticipated increase which we already know ? |
| 5 | No , I just was gon na go out and commiserate with you all for putting up with me for that long , well with you lot I do n't know |
| 6 | Frank Kelly thanked us for our efforts and I somehow was volunteered again to make the reply . |
| 7 | I once was engaged to conduct a concert in Mannheim and the pianist who had been engaged was Frederic Lamond . |
| 8 | I always was attacked on the grounds that the world I wrote about did n't exist and it 's only in the last five to ten years here in Ireland , that my work is seen to be actually true . |
| 9 | I still was watching Russell though . |
| 10 | The second I saw was an Alan Ayckbourn , considering that I was only six at the time and I did n't understand some of it I still was enthralled with the acting and enjoyed it almost as equally enough as the panto . |
| 11 | If I still was going down I 'd do it like that |
| 12 | I had a spell off instruction and became the assistant to the chief ground instructor and , in that capacity , I also was instructed to carry out preliminary inspections of crashes that happened at Kinloss during that period , and a most unpleasant task this was . |
| 13 | But I also was injured 'cos her friends were hittin' me . |
| 14 | For a few moments , someone behind was grasping for me , but he fell back and gave up . |
| 15 | Although the award was made to me , my thoughts were with the CCG crew that were on board the Tharos that night — I really was collecting it on their behalf ’ . |
| 16 | I do admit though that I really was looking for someone special ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I really was looking forward to going ashore … ’ |
| 18 | And it got , in the end , actually , if I was , if I had to do something that was urgent or I had to go somewhere I used to have to say to her something like , you know , erm oh I better get on , I got a lot to do this morning , or I 'm goi I 've to be shopping and be back in time to cook Jim 's dinner or something like that cos he 's starting , oh I 've got ta have his dinner ready at twelve before he goes to work and if I really was pushed otherwise she would have come in every day . |
| 19 | ‘ I really was beginning to wonder . ’ |
| 20 | She tries to slam the door , but I 've got my foot there like I really was selling brushes . |
| 21 | If I became part of his fantasy landscape a certain amount of security , great pleasure even , was possible , at the cost of feeling split and unknowable afterwards and unsure whether I as I felt I really was had experienced anything . |
| 22 | Anyway , I really was going to take the spell off straight away , but of course you have to go hopping off and get caught and land us in this mess . ’ |
| 23 | I really was going to have to get round to discussing the extraterrestrial problem . |
| 24 | She wore a dark two-piece suit and a pert little hat with a feather that set it off well and I immediately was drawn to her . |
| 25 | I then was sent a letter telling me that I 'd passed this exam , I then had what 's known as a medical to check that I was okay , there was no , I had no faults or injuries or health problems . |
| 26 | Someone there was having a heated argument with an official , who then called the guard to deal with the matter . |
| 27 | ‘ What is most worrying about this kind of action is that it could complicate matters if someone else were to decide to intervene , say in Romania . |
| 28 | ‘ I always felt the pull between loyalty to ICI and a working life I enjoyed and the thought that someone else was looking after my children ’ . |
| 29 | His little-boy mask had slipped by a fraction , a sure sign of the energies that had been taken from him in the past hour , and someone else was looking out — someone much harder , more calculating . |
| 30 | Mum and Dad could relax knowing that the children were being looked after , that someone else was cooking the meals and that every evening would bring some form of entertainment . |