Example sentences of "[coord] i [was/were] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I reeled around in the meaty steam a little tune tinkled repetitively in my mind ; it was the song Siegfried and I were forever singing as we waited to enter the RAF , the popular jingle which In our innocence we thought typified the new life ahead . |
| 2 | In that first week , Dulcie was planning a programme of ballets with the school , and I was immediately cast as Kostchei — almost entirely a mime role — in her own version of The Firebird , called Russian Tale . |
| 3 | Well , they got me out , and into our trenches , and patched me up , and I was just leaving when the Huns started shelling . |
| 4 | Mm and I was just wondering if that is your girl who is due to come at a quarter past six then she erm |
| 5 | There was then more silence , and I was later told that the Microwriter company had been improving the Agenda system . |
| 6 | And I was really wrecked and I was I was n't even actually ill I just sat , well I was eventually but I sat on this wall for about four hours , yeah |
| 7 | There was so little space in the car and I was so cramped that one of the policemen lifted me bodily out on to the road . |
| 8 | It was blustery and there was the constant peppering by grit , but I was well protected and enjoyed watching the storm . |
| 9 | But I was already choking as the noose tightened around my throat . |
| 10 | ‘ You were right , ’ he admitted , ‘ but I was whoolly riled when I heard what you thought on her . ’ |
| 11 | I kept talking to his mother and the girl at the cash-register , but I was so distracted that I did n't know what I was saying . |
| 12 | But I was certainly hoping that they [ the widows ] might get a better response . |
| 13 | Yes , I was surprised because it 's an unusual course for a judge to take , but I was very encouraged that he chose to do so by the terms of his remarks . |
| 14 | ‘ But I was really transformed when I went to Australia . |