Example sentences of "was [pos pn] [noun] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was my responsibility I brought that child into the world , and there was no way I was going to thrust her off onto other people . |
| 2 | a customer comes in and he was my wife I did n't have er beard then I was clean-shaven , because after coming to this country when I could n't get a job , I thought that this might be a bar so , which was n't right , but we did it . |
| 3 | " Maybe you 'd better do for me too , then , " Sam replied , " for it was my cockboat we rowed across in , and I 'm the only witness to the murder , for that 's what it was . |
| 4 | It was my sister he went off with . |
| 5 | So prolific was my perspiration I steamed up the viewfinder , and I imagine my acquaintance now possesses a fine set of prints featuring the edge of my thumb and some clouds . |
| 6 | That was my name I married . |
| 7 | Thinking it was my dresser I opened the door to find a News of the World journalist standing there . |
| 8 | Each one of us was beckoned over to have a go when it was my turn I rushed over and put the tanks on I then submerged It felt strange breathing under water like a fish the bubble emitted from the regulator trickled up the side of my face . |
| 9 | ‘ Well then , since it was my fault we missed the train again , it 'd better be me who does the talkin' when we get there . |
| 10 | It was my fault I neglected her . |
| 11 | My father swore at me , and said it was my fault you did n't come . |
| 12 | He said it was my housekeeper you see . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've met him at a couple of PFA functions and when it was my testimonial he sent some things down to be raffled . |
| 14 | I presume it was my mother he meant . |
| 15 | When I turned round it was my father I saw standing in the doorway . |
| 16 | ‘ Though you might also think about saying sorry to Hamish and Antonia , too , as you were their guest and it was their party you brought grinding to an embarrassing halt . |
| 17 | Because she knew she would n't have the money to pay for it so we just that was her way you see . |
| 18 | ‘ I mean that we go back a long way , and yes , there 's a very special relationship between us , but that 's because … ’ another pause , and he raked his fingers through his hair in a helpless , frustrated gesture ‘ … it was her sister I fell in love with all those years ago . ’ |
| 19 | It was her age she supposed , and nothing could be done about it . |
| 20 | Oh yeah , yeah 's have got them that was , that funeral was at 's that was her grandma I reckon that 's |
| 21 | Well that was his work you see . |
| 22 | ‘ It was his chest he phoned you about , was it ? , |
| 23 | It was his grandmother he spent his fifth birthday with and that same year his parents went off on a tour of the Commonwealth , which took them away from him for six long months . |
| 24 | If he took one side of the street during a walkabout the crowd collectively groaned , it was his wife they had come to see . |
| 25 | It was n't so much that he had confirmed her fears , it was his tone she found infuriating . |
| 26 | Boy was his lodger I suppose . |
| 27 | It was his anger I recognized . ’ |
| 28 | So he said choice because it was his property they contacted him but he said what he 's done is though right there is n't anywhere near that amount ! |
| 29 | Certainly things went wrong when he was Chancellor , but none of it was his fault he explains in THE VIEW FROM NO. 11 ( Bantam Press , Pounds 20 ) . |
| 30 | It was his fault she had to go all the way back to the house . |