Example sentences of "and [pers pn] was [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never .
2 This was not how I had imagined the conquering of my childhood dream peak , and I was muttering and tutting under my breath as I clambered up towards them .
3 I was told there was an acting scholarship going and I was broke so I took an audition and by a marvellous chance , won the scholarship .
4 And I was looking and they 'd got red , black in one window .
5 But it was her , and I was thinking after she 's sure to have retired now .
6 Erm and I was thinking or Desmond was thinking of a bell in your
7 and I 'd already put my other form in like to er I , and I was raging cos like I could 've got and sat in here for a fucking week
8 Mick was short of them and I was deliberating whether to get them for him .
9 I admired him , I respected him and I was flattered that I was his friend .
10 It felt really good to see her again , and I was touched that , after all these years , she had remembered me .
11 They had caused me many heartaches and disillusions , and I was determined that it should never happen again .
12 I started at the early age of five , and I was taught until I was ten , and all day at that .
13 Women made up only a minor proportion of the prison population in Geurrero and I was assured that this situation was reflected throughout Mexico .
14 As I took my place with two jamjars in my first Saturday morning kids matinee queue , apprehensive lest the currency had been devalued or even replaced with money , I observed that not only were Royals the heroes in the films but that my choice of cinema was between the Queens and the Royal , and I was warned that before the performance you were supposed to stand for the pianist 's rendition of ‘ God Save the King ’ .
15 It was the first time I had heard him play great music , and I was moved as I had been by the Bonnards ; moved in a different way , but still moved .
16 I mean , we have a special relationship , and I was hoping that he would have talked with you about that .
17 Whilst I was in Aachen the Head of Swedish Radio invited me to Stockholm to conduct the new Radio Orchestra and I was asked if I would do the Sixth Symphony , which was quite new then and very little known .
18 I was invited to give an entertainment at the Bristol Old Vic theatre , the wonderful old Theatre Royal , the oldest extant theatre still being used in the country and one of the oldest in the world , a very beautiful place erm and I was asked if I would do an entertainment that I have called Come for the Ride which I was persuaded to concoct by my home town of Birkenhead in the North West of England .
19 My apologies did little to assuage the situation and I was informed that the federal government had ruled against allowing key production personnel to enlist in the armed forces .
20 And er I was informed like that er I I had d stop till six o'clock at night , that night , and I was informed that er I 'd got to come back at night and bring me men .
21 It was my first baby and I was panicking and he said there was no need to panic !
22 Finally , my father came and I was discharged and taken home .
23 Then Mum and Dad and Annie all said goodbye and I was crying and so was Annie .
24 I loved Jeanne and I was devastated when she died .
25 During the summer , and I called into the hospital on several occasions and I was reminded that I had agreed to participate in the ‘ fun run ’ and I decided it would be a good publicity gimmick and improve my chances of sponsorship if I took along and pushed him around the 10 mile course .
26 My buttocks began to freeze and I was wondering whether to return when I heard the clop of the horse 's hooves and glimpsed Sir John riding vigorously by .
27 and , and I was wondering if that might kind of
28 and I was wondering if you could tell us a bit more about these Homework how they fit the M F I the plan of shopping
29 I originally had this idea through the workers union in Manchester , and I was wondering if there were any comparative studies that were happening at the same time , and that would be really interesting to see how Oxford compares to other areas .
30 With Doug , I felt my love had been trampled on and I was shattered that he 'd chosen , emotionally , to abandon me . ’
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