Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 3 | I asked what was the oldest part of the farm and was shown a flagstone path leading down to a valley . |
| 4 | I asked what was the problem and they told me not to bother my pretty head with scum . |
| 5 | I asked which were the next tallest and she picked out the only two of the next size . |
| 6 | I asked which were the smallest , and she picked out the three shortest ones quickly . |
| 7 | Oh yes , er yes they were , they were er of course there was a great divide there I mean between the Liberals I mean they were the only two parties in those days . |
| 8 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 9 | Wha , what , why , I mean what were the circumstances ? |
| 10 | What was erm how , how badly was the south by affected by the Japanese , I mean what were the peasants likely to have gone through in the last few years ? |
| 11 | Why , I mean what was the problem with them ? |
| 12 | If , it 's happening , I mean what was the Soviet Union I mean it 's |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | I mean it was the only one with a with its own kitchen . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | I mean it was the firs industrial country . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | It 's a , I mean it were the same at Christmas were n't it ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I mean she was the one that would push ye . |
| 23 | Let's face it she erm I mean she was the one who bloody married him ! |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 26 | Well when we got it home I realized it was the battery lead that was just a little bit of lead |
| 27 | On odd nights that would worry me but in time I realised they were the kind of neighbours who never caused a disturbance . |
| 28 | And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said . |
| 29 | I trust you were the victors of whatever engagement you became embroiled in ? ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |