Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everything you said and did made me think you were a very experienced woman . ’ |
| 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 | I asked which were the next tallest and she picked out the only two of the next size . |
| 7 | I asked which were the smallest , and she picked out the three shortest ones quickly . |
| 8 | oh , they may of been updated then , the question I asked you was a different one , when was the moment when they became inaccurate ? |
| 9 | But I mean it was it that we were taken to first , and I mean thee was a lot of people on it and I mean it had obviously saved a lot of lives . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 12 | Wha , what , why , I mean what were the circumstances ? |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | Why , I mean what was the problem with them ? |
| 15 | If , it 's happening , I mean what was the Soviet Union I mean it 's |
| 16 | I mean ours was a comparably small family with two . |
| 17 | I think it can do , I mean it was a long time ago and I 'm , I 'm |
| 18 | But I mean it was a hell of a way to work at the same time . |
| 19 | I mean it was a very big operation , there could have been people alive in that plane , but er , as it happened , I , I think tragically they were both dead , but I mean , but people did n't know that . |
| 20 | I mean it was a report it must have been to the member authorities , was it a progress report or deliberations ? |
| 21 | And I mean it was a difficult start , and I was in fact a junior detective for five and a half years before any alteration was made in the staff , there was no promotions or leaving so that as junior detective for five and a half years , I got all jobs that nobody else wanted |
| 22 | I mean it was a bit loud because it was live music I suppose but it was n't a bad night . |
| 23 | Erm I mean it was a top floor flat . |
| 24 | in there , and that was gon na be the disco , and this was the , you know , I mean it was a good idea , I do n't know why he pulled out with went half-cock . |
| 25 | I mean it was a common fish was n't it ? |
| 26 | Well I mean it was a lot |
| 27 | It was quite a good little ear , I mean it was a commercial hotel and |
| 28 | But it 's no way , I mean it was a really wet morning at quarter to seven , it had been raining , and he was right behind a lorry , and he , he , the lorry went to go one way and the he did n't go back because he knew he was going one way and the guy was going the other , he just started to go round to go to the left and bike was just there , he had no way of seeing him or he . |
| 29 | Well that 's what I said to her you 'll probably find something around , but I mean it was a nice , it is a nice pattern |
| 30 | But I mean it was a er it I 'm sure it was an eighteen nineties zither . |