Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] i [was/were] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | like you just , they just went , oh and but I think it 's finally , I mean I was in the |
| 2 | From the deadness of sound , I judged I was in the main roof-space . |
| 3 | ‘ I accept I was in the wrong , ’ said the 31-year-old . |
| 4 | I ca n't actually recall all the numbers , but I remember I was in the States at one point and I took the album over and tried to sell it to a record company . |
| 5 | No , but I reckon I was in the best year , sort of , for G C S E's this year and the year that 's just gone , were the best years cos they they do all the . |
| 6 | On the street again , suddenly I felt I was in the middle of a farce — ‘ POLICE SEARCH FOR THE BIG BANANA IS ON — and the discovery that actually I did have my cheque numbers in my moneybelt and that it was the photocopies that had been stolen made me almost light-headed . |
| 7 | We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room . |
| 8 | The first day at the newspaper they sent me into the darkroom with a roll of film and I think I was in the closet for about five hours before I could figure out how to put it on the reel . ’ |
| 9 | And erm I think I was in the middle somewhere , I was n't er brilliant but I must have been somewhere in the middle I suppose . |
| 10 | Yes , I , I was in er , I 'm not sure , I , I think I was in the top class in the junior school and er , without boasting , I was a good scholar and I eventually passed to go to the Q M and me dad could n't afford to let me go . |
| 11 | I wish I was in the warm . |
| 12 | I swept I was in the butchers you see the fl how wet the floor was |
| 13 | ‘ Why do you think I was in the Mafia ? ’ |
| 14 | How did you know I was in the garden ? ’ |
| 15 | I had n't seen her since you went to America , and then about six months ago I was staying the week-end with the Coleworthys and I thought I had better drop in to see the old girl in case she heard I was in the neighbourhood and took offence " |
| 16 | You may not believe this , but though Richard and I have now known each other for eighteen years on and off , the first time he kissed me was in the car-park last Thursday . ’ |