Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [noun] and i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in in response you said that they they were for accuracy and I pointed out to you that that at site thirteen there was a sixty percent error from your forecast for three years hence , nineteen ninety six and what is in fact being achieved at this very moment in time . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , they were behind schedule and I had to make do with a curry-house scene . |
| 3 | I told him they were in bed and I dashed up the stairs , two at a time , to fetch them . |
| 4 | The few people I treasure were in touch and I told them exactly what was wrong . |
| 5 | Last week a party of Dublin deaf were in Belfast and I had the opportunity to put my new skills into use . |
| 6 | She was off duty and I did n't call her . |
| 7 | ‘ He was off balance and I did not think it was a penalty . ’ |
| 8 | His reason for wanting to go , he said , was because ‘ I had heard it was for charity and I knew Elton John . |
| 9 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 10 | Their farm , West park , was in Lunedale and I travelled by train to Middleton in Teesdale . |
| 11 | The last show of the tour was in Atlanta and I decided to give a little party for the singers and musicians and the crew and I tried to rent a banquet room at the hotel , but because it was Thanksgiving Weekend , they said they could only give me a suite . |
| 12 | The van was in Belmodes and I 'd asked Charley not to park it there , but he always did . |
| 13 | The day before yesterday I was in France and I saw people shooting ducks on a lake . |
| 14 | Sorry I was in Birmingham and I went you know where the er repertory theatre is ? |
| 15 | Erm she was in India and I wanted to go and she said a Hindi course at A T R in Zurich . |
| 16 | I only got off the bus to catch the bus that was in front and I missed that . |
| 17 | ‘ I remember I was in Brussels and I lost to Ivan Lendl . |
| 18 | When I was at the GLC , Ken Livingstone was in charge and I thought it was the beginning of Utopia , so many wonderful things were happening at last . |
| 19 | Something went wrong while mum was in hospital and I ended up being in the home for seven months . |
| 20 | ‘ The course was in Bristol and I went there straight from my office during the afternoon , ’ said Eddie and there was a kind of hasty defiance in her tone . |
| 21 | At this time I was on holiday and I spent the next three days redecorating my sitting room ( a boring task , but necessary ) while waiting for the G4 to harden . |
| 22 | P. A. I got called as a witness in a motoring case , and it came up when I was on nights and I had to get up and call in the solicitor . |
| 23 | When I was at school and I got a row , my mother and father would assume I was in the wrong . |
| 24 | My mother was at work and I called her on the telephone . |
| 25 | The former Spurs star , who has won three caps , said : ‘ The England manager was at Forest and I did n't do myself justice . |