Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] was [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't bothered with landing lights and I was n't sure , any longer , where I was I only knew I had to keep climbing and that somewhere at the top was relief and safety . |
| 2 | Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order . |
| 3 | But it was me who allowed myself to get fat , so it was me who had to make the effort to get slim . |
| 4 | ‘ So it was you , Ben Gunn , playing the ghost ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ So it was you ! ’ |
| 6 | And I was married to a soldier so I did n't have any family round about me at the time so it was it was pretty hard . |
| 7 | ‘ If I was her , ’ thought Gazzer bitterly , ‘ I would n't believe me either . ’ |
| 8 | If I was her , it would drive me up the wall . ’ |
| 9 | If I was her I would have said that was a bloody compliment if ever there was |
| 10 | ‘ If I was him I would probably skip the French , but I would n't talk about it so far ahead . ’ |
| 11 | And Labour 's trade spokesman Robin Cook said : ‘ If I was him , I would worry why my colleagues seem so keen for me to stay away . |
| 12 | She said , ‘ I wonder if Albert 'll be waving up on the line I would , if I was him . ’ |
| 13 | I , I 'm looking to see if Dr 's there because if he were me , or if I was him , I would say what the commissioner alleges is neither known nor admitted . |
| 14 | ‘ If I was him , I definitely would not make a play for her . |
| 15 | I widnae come to school if I was him , but he 's aye school … |
| 16 | I 'd shut up if I was him . |
| 17 | I would n't put up with mice on something like this if I was them . |
| 18 | I would if I was them . |
| 19 | When we stroll past the front of the van I peep up to check the reaction , and I guess that the two cops hunched inside see these two anxious faces glancing nervously , and they decide it is n't worth climbing out the van for , and I reckon that if I was them I too would lock the doors and stay inside . |
| 20 | I 'd stay about five hundred miles away from the border if I was them yes |
| 21 | if I was them that 's what precisely I 'd do too , yeah |
| 22 | Oh if I was me and I was on my own I 'd ha I 'd have to have the telly in the bedroom . |
| 23 | ‘ If I was ye , ’ the man said , ‘ I 'd take a walk away from here then I 'd get a taxi . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If I was he would be rather stupid to tuck me up here so close to him . ’ |
| 25 | Tell you if I was I would n't see you . |
| 26 | I think I was probably screaming as well , but if I was I did n't yell anything memorable . |
| 27 | Even if I was I 'm not gon na go and blurt out something that I 'm not supposed to , but that 's not the case anyway ! |
| 28 | Bryan agrees : ‘ I 've never been into that sort of high speed guitar playing , and if I was it would have to be something very melodic . |
| 29 | Everybody make sure you cross out item number eleven because I ; m not giving you any advance notice of a of questions and if I was it certainly would n't be that one , right , so make sure you cross it out and make sure you tell your friends who you 're giving copies to that number eleven does n't apply . |
| 30 | As they passed through the gate into the yard , he added : ‘ If I was you , lad , I would n't be too nosey . ’ |