Example sentences of "was [verb] i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I mean I went like this into dinner okay , and I suppose everyone was like what 's she doing in a skirt or whatever cos they were all like looking and then like half way when I was eating I could feel them all staring at me and laughing and Jim and that lot were laughing and I could see Charlie |
| 2 | It was decided I should go to special school and my mother 's objections were mollified by the proof of the academic success that many girls achieved there . |
| 3 | Such was the response from readers who wrote to me with their amazing success stories , that it was decided I should write an extended version of the book and the Complete Hip and Thigh Diet was published last January . |
| 4 | ‘ I was panicking I can tell you . |
| 5 | I was told I would have to have another operation a month later , but first I had to take a course of male hormones called Danazol . |
| 6 | When I was ill and was told I would have to go on a diet for the rest of my life I felt totally deprived that I was n't going to be able to eat junk food any more . |
| 7 | Housing official signed transfer forms and I was told I would receive notification of anew house within a week . |
| 8 | When I stayed with my husband and children at the Holcombe Hotel in Oxfordshire on the Great Escapes scheme this summer I was told I would get free accommodation as long as I stayed for two nights and paid for dinner and breakfast at a cost of £33.20 each per day . |
| 9 | I was told I would lose , but it does n't make it any easier . ’ |
| 10 | I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit . |
| 11 | I was told I could get him on 2001 . ’ |
| 12 | I was told I should go to a convalescent home to complete my recovery . |
| 13 | I was told I should lend that classroom to them I ca n't ge really get out first and that should be my turn to be out first today . |
| 14 | ‘ I was told I should become more human , less aloof . |
| 15 | However , I was told I should see the doctor because I could choke . |
| 16 | ‘ When I wanted to produce a special jumper to commemorate my 50th Test try , with the emblems of all the countries I 'd scored against , I was told I 'd have to pay royalties for using them . |
| 17 | I was told I 'd find you here . ’ |
| 18 | Well it 's , I mean , you know , it 's I I do n't think I could live with the conscience , if I was selling I would say well look |
| 19 | I was promised I could see the project through as far as Gittel-plus-nine . ’ |
| 20 | It is not ever so contagious , so as more than one of your fish was affected I would put it down to your water conditions . |
| 21 | We , one does n't try to lose things , but they just happen do n't they really I think I appreciate more now , you know when I was , when I was teaching I used to think oh stupid woman she 's not , to bring this book in and you know , and now I think oh dear , huh , yeah and you also appreciate the people , I would appreciate now those who managed to do it every day without fail , manage to sort of let , because they must of put themselves out no end to have |
| 22 | I also stated that when I felt that things were going well and the government was settled I would take a trip and that trip starts now . |
| 23 | If I 'd known you was coming I would have done that bit of chicken . |
| 24 | and er D er er Dave was showing me how it works and he went out and the little one was saying I 'll do it for you granddad , look this is how you do it , and she starts typing away , and she 's four ! |
| 25 | We were on the top flat , so I could n't get out to play ; my Ma was feared I 'd fall down the stone stairs and break my neck . |
| 26 | Like , I suppose that way if I was hit I might stand a chance of only losing one arm or one leg . |
| 27 | From where I was sitting I could see one end of a cretonne-covered sofa , a table with a bowl of milky flowers on it . |
| 28 | He was listing I should read a story on , mother feeding the five thousand |
| 29 | I have to admit that if the situation was reversed I would go bonkers with frustration , so I take my hat off to him — but not my shirt . |
| 30 | Mr. Williams , the bank manager , said in evidence : ‘ before the charge was signed I would have to be satisfied that she knew what she was saying . ’ |