Related Clues:

• 'What ___ I saying?'
• "That ___ then, this . . ."
• Third word of many limericks
• 'Till There -- You'
• 'It -- the best of times, ...'
• "Now where ___ I?"
• Verb in a limerick's first line
• Functioned as
• ''As I __ saying . . .''
• Had life
• Walked the earth
• Has been
• Touch-related
• Sensitive
• Possibly was