Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [subord] i be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made me think a lot about photography while I was in prison ; it was like why are you doing this ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’ |
| 3 | You see , and of course when I was at Cambridge , you see , and that was during the Second World War , well of course , you see , I remember seeing a plane because of course the station was a prime target |
| 4 | Full of admiration as I was for these brave , sturdy survivors , it was kidneys I was now interested in . |
| 5 | I had a paper to say and they said there was too much money coming in here a week , because you were working that I could n't get anything and I , it said , I wrote , it , it all come when I wrote to say could I have relief off of prescriptions cos I was on that H I V at the time |
| 6 | I mean I bought one or two pair of clogs when I was on the dredger and we 'd take the iro iron piece off underneath , that 's just like a , a shoe what a horse have , like go round the |
| 7 | Yeah usually if there 's no stamp wanted I get one of lasses while I 'm at work , they 'll drop it off for me . |
| 8 | ‘ It was a sort of joke when I was at Oxford . |
| 9 | IMPRESSED just this side of awe as I am by the Department of Transport and its fearless tackling of such problems as juggernaut lorries and EEC regulations , I must nevertheless confess some disquiet about a recent plan . |
| 10 | It suddenly occurred to me that just as I wanted the boys to dress according to Western ideas when they were in London , so the Sheikha and Sheikha Grandmother would like me to dress according to their ideas of fashion when I was with them . |
| 11 | In fact , for a while I was almost as afraid of boys as I was of horses and cows . |
| 12 | A post in Italy , the nature of which I never fully learnt , save that it would be of sufficient importance to take me out of uniform if I were in it , fell through with Italy 's declaration of war . |
| 13 | ( Interestingly enough , I could n't get what I considered to be a good cup of coffee when I was in the States , so perhaps it 's a dying art … |
| 14 | I do n't think that caused malaria — I was bitten by a lot of mosquitoes while I was in East Africa . |
| 15 | ‘ I have my house and my car up for sale to help pay for costs when I 'm over there . |
| 16 | ‘ A part of your father 's gift I think you have , if you can learn not to deface it for spite because I am in the same world with you . ’ |
| 17 | We , it was when I went to , when I , we were doing something with maps when I was at school and they were trying to find out what , it was the , where the local rates where the money was spent for the local rates and one of projects was taken down the sewage works . |
| 18 | She came into Dorothy when I was on days there at the end of my first year . ’ |
| 19 | For example if I am in my late fifties and I have a mother in her early eighties and she dies I will grieve for her . |
| 20 | ‘ Two boys in Cincinnati when I was on vacation , and a boy named Mickey Swearinger and somebody else I do n't remember . ’ |
| 21 | You all so easily forget these names now , oh I do n't remember it , but the other , oh I remember old , eh mate of , he was second in command when I was in India , and he , he , he was a right character , he was a right chara |
| 22 | For a while I adopted the practice of putting things away in cupboards until I was in a mood to be ruthless , but now I have advanced to instant ruthlessness . |
| 23 | Could I just say before I start , I apologize in advance while I 'm on the air if there there are any inadvertent s coughs and little bit of a cold do n't want to deafen anybody while er the volume was up . |
| 24 | I am not sure whether I am more appalled at the prospect of the Labour party being in government than I am at the prospect of having the support of the hon. Member for Eastbourne ( Mr. Bellotti ) and the Liberal party . |
| 25 | I 've lost my right back place in USA 'cos I 'm in England ‘ til January … |
| 26 | The pilot sat in front so I was in the back on my own . |
| 27 | I have n't actually seen Charley since his return , as he called on Hamish while I was at work , but at lunchtime today I conveyed your presents for Christopher and Lydie to Jenners Rose Street restaurant and placed them in Inga 's hands ( a handy reminder to me of their birthdays , too ) . |
| 28 | I 'm gon na buy , next time I go to MacDonalds when I 'm at home I 'm gon na get quarterpounder cheese a MacChicken Sandwich , large fries and and a |
| 29 | On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if |
| 30 | I 'm happier at work than I am at home … |