Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone agrees it was the most monstrous wave that had ever appeared on the North Shore . |
| 2 | The only enjoyable memory that I have is that of the instructor , a tall man with dark hair and a quiet nature vault a large gate in one bound and coming sprinting towards me to see what was the matter . |
| 3 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 4 | I asked what was the oldest part of the farm and was shown a flagstone path leading down to a valley . |
| 5 | I asked what was the problem and they told me not to bother my pretty head with scum . |
| 6 | Why , I mean what was the problem with them ? |
| 7 | If , it 's happening , I mean what was the Soviet Union I mean it 's |
| 8 | Such a thin strange quavering noise , and such a tense awkward atmosphere had built up ; I mean it was the music on top of everything else . |
| 9 | Well we were taken up to the standby boat which is I mean every vessel in the North Sea , every rig and installation has a boat that circles it , non stop , twenty four hours a day and I mean that The standby boat on Piper I mean it was the the two inflatable boats off it that picked everybody up , and most folk up , and one of them was lost , they lost two of the crew off that . |
| 10 | But I mean it was the story to run that while sh the Queen was with her it was a it was not war erm I mean a , a , a whole part of story like |
| 11 | I mean it was the only one with a with its own kitchen . |
| 12 | Well what el what 's the other alternative for this VAT ? cos I mean it was the Tories who brought this VAT system into operation , I mean it 's wrong |
| 13 | I mean it was the firs industrial country . |
| 14 | The , the odd twenty or thirty times , you have Mickey , I mean it was the success , is , is it likely to happen again next year ? |
| 15 | I mean I was the on I was the only black guy in the regiment erm for a very long time and erm you know it did n't it does n't matter what colour you are erm apart from my case , there was if you was erm if you were slow on your runs or you was n't good at at cleaning your kit you would get bullied . |
| 16 | I mean she was the one that would push ye . |
| 17 | Let's face it she erm I mean she was the one who bloody married him ! |
| 18 | I was wondering I mean there may possibly be differences between I mean there was the format that speech generate of the H P and the format that the Sun would use . |
| 19 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 20 | Well when we got it home I realized it was the battery lead that was just a little bit of lead |
| 21 | And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said . |
| 22 | that Robert 's already gone over , but I actually got the impression that erm I that you did n't feel relaxed in what you were doing , you knew what you were talking about but erm you did n't feel relaxed and if I 'd 've been your customer then I , I certainly would n't have felt relaxed either and and that 's the impression that I got which was the completely opposite of Robert . |
| 23 | I expected it was the loss of her husband , so I bought some material and made bead bags , and bags I filled with chalks , and a small drawing board for her quite intelligent little girl . |
| 24 | She thought more about losing the coal to Mrs Phipps than about Granny , it seemed to me then , but I expect it was the shock that caused her to react in that way . |
| 25 | I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men . |
| 26 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 27 | I pretended I was the photographer and she pretended she was the writer . |
| 28 | I mean , I can remember him on this , er on this bike and then he rose to be a manager and er as he was , I say he was the manager fo er magistrate up until he retired last year . |
| 29 | But as I say he was the most conscientious removal man and after two years when he came in he was so upset . |
| 30 | How did I know he was the world 's greatest ? |