Example sentences of "i [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The front door wuz open , Mr Oakley , and I saw a definite chink of light from where I wuz situated . ’ |
| 2 | I jes ' ordered you t'take charge of the prisoners , told you I wuz goin' t'check on somethin' , an' took off . |
| 3 | ‘ Listen lawman , I wuz brought up on the streets . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyway , like I wuz sayin' , this Angel One character 's still on th'loose . |
| 5 | Then , serious again , he continued soberly , ‘ Anyway , as I wuz sayin' , I do n't think we 've anythin' to worry about as far as this Angel One fella 's concerned . |
| 6 | To me this is odd as if I were the president of South Korea I would have imprisoned Kim Hyun-hui and released Im Su Kyong as to me Kim Hyun-hui committed the more serious crime . |
| 7 | I believe , if I were reduced to rest Turner 's immortality upon any single work , I should choose this . |
| 8 | Nay , would I were so anger 'd with the same ! |
| 9 | There have been many books written about improvisation and if I were asked to choose just one it would be Keith Johnston 's Impro which is straightforward , understandable , and theatrically aware . |
| 10 | If I were told to-morrow , ‘ You can have a united Ireland if you give up your idea of restoring the national language to be the spoken language of the majority of the people ’ , I would , for myself , say no . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think I would if I were you , Wendy . ’ |
| 12 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd pay off the school fees first if I were you . ’ |
| 14 | If I were you I 'd schlepp down to the disco and get yourself some trade , dear , otherwise you 'll burst ! ’ |
| 15 | He rubs it absently , accosting strangers in the street , seeking out a friend and within minutes exclaiming that he wants to be by himself , watching children wistfully , accusing wellwishers of persecuting him with their kindness ; until at last he explodes on the brink of confession in a terrible universal cry : ‘ Oh , if only I were alone and nobody loved me , and if only I had never loved anyone ! ’ |
| 16 | We think back to the antihero of Notes from Underground lamenting that he ca n't even call himself a lazy man , and we think sideways to Svidrigailov : ‘ Believe me , if only I were something ; a landowner , say , or a father , a cavalry officer , a photographer , a journalist say — but I 'm nothing , I 've no speciality . ’ |
| 17 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
| 18 | I belonged to that great multitude who could n't help liking Dick Crossman : he and I were always nice to one another , right to the day in 1974 shortly before his death when he came to the Birmingham Bull Ring in acute physical discomfort to hear me advise my fellow-electors to vote Labour if they wanted out of the Common Market . |
| 19 | If I were on the pay side in the Treasury , I would be prepared to permit maximum flexibility on the salary and conditions offered to the successful applicant . |
| 20 | Even from where Taff and I were on the road it was obvious that the dead soldiers were German . |
| 21 | Later in the day the shelling ceased so Taff and I were able to get his kit together and make our way through the village to the farm and No. 6 Commando positions . |
| 22 | When you and I were in our slit trenches sheltering from the shit that 's flying about , these two here were running around the orchard picking up the dead and wounded . ’ |
| 23 | I apprehend however that it would be disappointing to you — I ca n't think why — if I were to stop at this point . |
| 24 | If I were reasonably satisfied that , other things being equal , substantially fewer persons would be murdered if the death penalty were available than if it were not , I should have opposed its abolition and would support its restoration . |
| 25 | So I must restate the question as ‘ What would my priorities be if I were now what the Minister of Health was then ? ’ |
| 26 | So , ‘ What would my priorities be if the bad dream came true , and I were Minister of Health now ? ’ |
| 27 | If I were taking on a new act , their ability to perform on stage would be second only to the quality of their songwriting . |
| 28 | If I were interviewing a new act , I would try to ascertain their sheer punishment factor . |
| 29 | If I were managing an act like Bros , I would run a professional fan club . |
| 30 | If I were to begin to manage another major artist , and Mark Knopfler were to ring up and ask me to get the band back together for an album and a world tour , something would have to suffer . |