Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Susan and I were still together in a sort of way . |
| 2 | I wound my way through this village scene , then quite suddenly I was no longer in an Indian village , but instead in a Mughal garden . |
| 3 | Honestly I was round there for a coffee the other day — actually wee Scott was awful quiet . |
| 4 | work when I was fifteen , and I was away then for a while and then after the war when I come back I was working at at Cruisbruk . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry about being in a mood Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry about being in a mood on Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you . |
| 7 | But alas , it was destroyed when I was there recently by a long line of caravans along the beach . |
| 8 | I was only here for a very short while , during which time I saw . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ He took a chance coming in here , I was only away for a few minutes . |
| 10 | I ca n't say for sure ; I mean , I was only there for a second or two … |
| 11 | " You were n't always in a gym tunic . |
| 12 | She was just in for a fine and it was her first time . |
| 13 | But then she was n't normally in a swimming-pool , in the heart of the sub-tropical Caribbean . |
| 14 | She was thus neither from a printing family , nor from a middle-class background , and felt obliged to counter rumours about her financial status : " It has been rumoured that I am a suffragette and a paid official : as a matter of fact , I an neither . |
| 15 | She was soon back with a trolley and all the necessary requisites , and between them they washed the woman from top to toe , and dressed her in a white hospital gown . |
| 16 | He deemed it unwise to push the matter while she was clearly still in a state of emotional shock . |
| 17 | She was not normally of an argumentative disposition , finding it essential to have the last word , but now she felt it distinctly necessary to score points . |
| 18 | Jane also felt she was not really in a position to refuse : ‘ I was missing the fifth years , which meant I had lots of ‘ free time ’ , so I was in a position where really I could n't refuse to do it . ’ |
| 19 | She was back promptly with a chilled wine and bread rolls with crisp brown crust and thick doughy interior , which I broke and ate with covert greed . |
| 20 | ‘ She was all right until a minute ago , ’ he protested . |
| 21 | i do n't think she was ever away for a holiday . |
| 22 | ‘ We were just out for a picnic and bit of sightseeing . |
| 23 | We were just out for a ride , We came here by accident . |
| 24 | We were then both at a very comfortable period of life , and I do n't know why no one has ever prayed to the gods for perpetual middle age . |
| 25 | ‘ We were only in for a quiet drink , is a' . ' |
| 26 | ‘ We were only there for a few weeks . |
| 27 | When Elsie had to retire for health reasons , we were once again without a teacher but Hilda Lodge and Eleanor Pitman helped out and then Joan Gatfield , a leader in training , decided to do some training with us . |
| 28 | In the afternoon we went to a barbecue at our son 's house , and then , after a shower and a rest , we were off again to a buffet and reception in the town hall . |
| 29 | Although she put them firmly into the category of ‘ workers ’ , rather than ‘ idlers ’ , and therefore to be praised , they were not quite on a par with the Welsh factory workers , or designers ; nonetheless they stood on a higher plane than accountants , clerks or corporate planners . |
| 30 | They were away again for a new season . |