Example sentences of "was [vb pp] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Th th when the house was built it was painted and I think that used to last it 's lifetime . |
| 2 | I 'm very glad you clarified that Mr because certainly I not as I heard it er and I 'm very pleased that was clarified and I think others would have felt likewise . |
| 3 | Anyway , I was shattered and I went to bed . |
| 4 | His voice was muffled and I thought he was trembling . |
| 5 | Neither therapy was enjoyed and I listened to the catalogue of side effects like a reporter who had just pierced the darkest Amazonian forest and was observing a new race for the first time . |
| 6 | He whispered something but so close to my ear the sound was distorted and I said , suppressing my voice to no more than a breath because it can be so harsh , ‘ Say it again . |
| 7 | I rushed him to hospital and the doctor asked how it was done and I said he 'd fallen over on the step . |
| 8 | , but erm , and I notice that quite often the shelves would be half empty , came here , I would stop on the way back from the school the bank and the butcher 's and the paper shop over the road I could come in quarter to nine and I 'm , you know , I , I was done and I said to my Arnold they 're not going to sell much unless they put some money into filling the shelves surely Spa will back them , and he said I keep on telling them that I keep on saying to them if you do n't put the goods there on display people are going to go over the road to Lipton 's and and |
| 9 | I was there when British Telecom was privatised and I warned of the grave dangers in turning public monopolies into private monopolies . |
| 10 | Folding the sheet containing the poem into what I hoped was the perfect paper 'plane , I waited until Mrs Burton 's back was turned and I launched the message-bearing missile in Belinda 's direction . |
| 11 | No press release was made and I experienced extraordinary difficulties in trying to obtain the 1985 échelle des crus , Quite why this historic event was clothed in such secrecy is a mystery . |
| 12 | The bed was made and I noticed a large handwritten note lying upon the pillow . |
| 13 | It should because that was what was written and I wanted to show people what er she did n't give me , the , the letter went to the kids . |
| 14 | ‘ There was no sign to say the drain was uncovered and I fell down it , cutting my leg and ankle and ruining my shoes , socks and slacks , ’ he writes . |
| 15 | I took the brake out slowly , but it was overweighted and I went up with it . |
| 16 | The item was used and I understand aroused some interest . |
| 17 | He was handicapped and I 've got a handicapped son : I ca n't stand people who take the mickey out of those sort of people . |
| 18 | The door was opened and I went in . |
| 19 | A chamber was opened and I realised that , like many wise householders , Santerre used one room to store huge vats of water against the very fire we were now fighting . |
| 20 | My suitcase was stowed and I climbed in , drawing my long skirts around me . |
| 21 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
| 22 | I spoke not to an individual child but to the head of school in Hatfield where the scheme was piloted and I have to say he was , he neither rhapsodised nor condemned . |
| 23 | N ow , at last , the news was shared and I felt comfortable . |
| 24 | I was shattered pretty much of the time , my sleep was interrupted and I forgot about everything else . |
| 25 | ‘ But this first guitar was just a $20 acoustic , and as soon as I could I bought an Ibanez SG , then that was stolen and I went to a Les Paul . |
| 26 | Erm I did say at the time if the Council agreed it was we would approve the new application it would only be if the original was rescinded and I did speak to the Town Clerk so there 's no need , I 'm not making a big issue , but I think the Council should be aware and the Town Clerk I believe has notified because again this is one of those things that could happen at a later date and as we all know if we have n't made these things perfectly clear . |
| 27 | What I would hope that we could achieve in this country is more through erm opportunities for disabled people , greater opportunities for disabled people to gain access into work and as my honourable friend knows , we have put forward some proposals we 're presently considering the position following the representations that have been made to us after the er new access to work scheme was announced and I hope to make an announcement on that aspect shortly . |
| 28 | When the draw was announced and I found that I was next to Carl Lewis I thought that it was just brilliant , because we run our races in a similar fashion and I thought he could drag me through . |
| 29 | Anyway , I said I 'd make enquiries as to what was wanted and I said because there 's a new children 's ward will open at the hospital and perhaps they would . |
| 30 | ‘ A suspension controller malfunctioned and once that was fixed and I got out again the car caught fire when an oil cooler failed . |