An' if ever I ha'e ony mair truck wi' weemen, may I be ' 'She wasna as saft as I fancied she was,' remarked Macgregor in an uncertain voice.

If it wasna for them and the likes of them I'd still be digging coal i' the pit in Scotland!

" "What?" "Her luggage wasna in the van.

Leisurely she faced him. 'May I ask what you are referring to?' 'Ye never said ye was sorry to leave me; yer letters wasna like ye, an' I didna ken what to think.