Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | M J B three six seven X , you were right and I convinced you you were wrong . |
| 2 | I know that the people in the back were upset cos I did n't heard him . |
| 3 | She were asleep when I went down . |
| 4 | The luggage lizards were asleep when I came to . |
| 5 | He were poorly when I seen him . |
| 6 | However , a few newspapers were interested and I found myself giving about a dozen interviews . |
| 7 | Oh I thought that were light when I picked it up then that was quick . |
| 8 | But at least my goals were clear and I knew what I wanted . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't mind if they were prepared to say they were wrong when I prove them wrong but they never do . ’ |
| 10 | Trainee chef Tom Wilkinson , 20 , said : ‘ The action sequences were entertaining and I rated the whole thing as pretty good . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You were serious when I told you you had inherited a fortune . |
| 12 | The mortar team in the orchard were delighted when I turned up with ten fresh fish which were cooked immediately . |
| 13 | These were lozenge-shaped and I remembered them particularly because they were decorated with golden love knots . |
| 14 | ‘ I could almost think she were real if I did n't know better , but unfortunately for you and your tales my detective is an expert . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I had brand new shoes on ; it was warm and they were uncomfortable so I undid the laces . |
| 16 | The back kitchen was a lean-to , had no ceiling so the slates of the sloping roof were visible and I remember some of the roof timbers were country-cut , still displaying the odd sign of bark . |
| 17 | This , in turn , improved my singles game considerably and I won the Baghdad Open one year playing against Indians in the main , who were horrified that I insisted we played in the heat of a Baghdad afternoon when it was normally well over 110° in the shade , and there was no shade — mad dogs and Scotsmen ! |
| 18 | ‘ You were cold and I had to get you warm . |
| 19 | When using the motor , I noticed that there was a lot of vibration , so I made certain the clamps were tight before I started . |
| 20 | The World squad matches in New Zealand were great and I felt in fine fettle there but after injury in Australia it has been quite a struggle . |
| 21 | In the Southern the staff as always were great and I met a new doctor who told me that he was my brother in Jesus and in the hospitals I met many Christian nurses too . |
| 22 | There , they were brilliant and I felt as though they were just starting to work when finished . |
| 23 | that was my twenty first birthday we bought that on , so that was before Gary was born and er , that had black screw on legs as well , the televisions had black screw , oh we did n't have a television we had a second hand television about a year after we were married and I remember Coronation Street starting , that started about when we got married . |
| 24 | I wanted to go across to the hill and search for him , but we were tired and I remembered that Sir Henry might be in danger . |
| 25 | These notes were invaluable when I came to write up the results of the study . |
| 26 | ‘ I knew your legs were good but I did n't realize they were that spectacular , ’ Prince Charles is reported to have commented . |
| 27 | ‘ You were alone when I found you . ’ |
| 28 | The sums of money were enormous and I told them that there would be no more money once it had been spent . ’ |
| 29 | I had initially met a lot of people who were gay but I did n't really identify with them and sort of felt , ‘ Yes , but is this it ? ’ |
| 30 | It was only because they were short-handed that I agreed to help out and … ’ |