Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last week I was gutted at the sale of Batts , but last night I was so happy that the scum failed . |
| 2 | I knew that when at last I was demobilised from the Waaf I would have to return to my peacetime occupation as a secretary in London , for the simple reason that my employers had been paying me my full salary all the time I had been in the Forces , that is , making up the difference between my Waaf pay and what I would have been earning with them . |
| 3 | I was invited to the school in the village of Atgor . |
| 4 | Micheline sounded excited to hear from me and I was invited to the group 's meeting a few weeks later . |
| 5 | Because I must have been noticed , I was invited by the families to play in mixed doubles . |
| 6 | A few years back I was invited by the Church of England to be an ecumenical guest at a consultation , held at Ely , on the charismatic renewal movement . |
| 7 | I was invited by the owners of a struggling estate in Bardez province to look around their 300-year-old house . |
| 8 | ‘ Of all the low points I suffered , one of the worst was when I was deprived of the chance of winning a third world cross country title because I was n't allowed to compete in 1988 , ’ explained the 26-year-old . |
| 9 | After the shock , I was warmed by the idea that the visitor was Jesus or an angel , and then terrified by the thought that it was an omen of my death . |
| 10 | I was escorted around the prison by members of the Prison Officers Association . |
| 11 | One such dreadful night I was called to the gate house by Mr Rideout , our so loyal and efficient gate porter . |
| 12 | The first week in July I was called to the Malet Street premises of the University . |
| 13 | I was called to the administration block of the hospital and later went to register the death , and to make an appointment with an undertaker — this was for ten o'clock the next morning . |
| 14 | I was called from the incident room by the desk sergeant who recognised her . |
| 15 | I was grabbed by the lapels of my dressing gown and pinned against the wall . |
| 16 | And I was inspired by the size of the contribution they were clearly destined to make . |
| 17 | I tried to push her knees round but there was n't enough room ; I was wedged in the doorway , her arm still half round my neck . |
| 18 | I was tempted through the doors of the trade show . |
| 19 | No sooner had I thrown it into the toilet than it exploded and I was spattered with the pan 's contents . |
| 20 | I had no idea how much there was in there , but I reckoned it was probably what I was owed by the Scamp family plus a few expenses . |
| 21 | I was afraid that I was lost in the snow . ’ |
| 22 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 23 | another one he had during his work and he says straight away look I was put to work splitting wood , do you see that in the , paragraph on the right hand side , the next day I was told to report to the dairy barns to help milk cows , then he worked in the garden , he also took care of the bees , harvested honey for the family , then in nineteen fifty three I was transferred to the cheese making farm , now here 's a spiritual brother thinking he 's going into the battle to do all sorts of spiritual things , and yet these were his assignments , there 's a lesson here for you and I . |
| 24 | That meant I was transferred to the grammar school at Bideford , where I stayed until I took my " O " levels in the first year the system was inaugurated . |
| 25 | I was transferred during the night to another place with my brothers , the secret prison in Bir Rami , in Rabat , code name ‘ Fixed Point 3 ( FP3 ) ’ . |
| 26 | I was lingering near the assembled bottles , wondering who on earth could have brought the Bourgueil , when I was joined by the man I had seen stepping out of the BMW . |
| 27 | In a recent telephone conversation with the CAA I was connected with the department that allocates frequencies for such beacons . |
| 28 | I was hit on the leg and the wrist and knocked to the floor . |
| 29 | ‘ I was hit over the head . ’ |
| 30 | So that ruins your idea that I was hit with the bottle standing beside the bed . |