Example sentences of "[adj] i was [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Back in ‘ sixty-two I was in a car chase with Gilles ‘ de Rais ’ Gordon , the Bloomsbury Bluebeard .
2 I only worked there for about two months , I was so tired I was like a zombie .
3 Well , I was crazy … sure I was for a time .
4 First I was in a room where people stood crowded together in the atmosphere of a cocktail party .
5 When I was young I was like a stick insect , then at fourteen or fifteen I put on weight .
6 The A&R depts that we dealt with when last I was in a band ( about 18 months ago ) all seemed to consist of young men in Armani suits and long raincoats , who only stayed for the first four numbers then left .
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