Example sentences of "[subord] i was [verb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vivien had been up at St Hugh 's , so I was looking forward to her being an excellent guide . |
| 2 | I was ( I think you will understand ) initially dubious about a single 10″ driver in such a small box really delivering the goods ( especially with the lower notes on my 5-string ) but was certainly intrigued by the cabinet design , so I was looking forward to giving the little beast some stick on a couple of gigs … |
| 3 | Once I was talking alone to Lucy in a corner , laughing together and , as I impulsively took one of her hands in both of mine , I heard a sharp cry of ‘ Lucy ! |
| 4 | My purple stripy barrel-bag — it was small , it 'd look as if I was going off to my gran 's for the weekend . |
| 5 | Mum , no , I should invite Russell cos Russell 's mum and dad were asking if I we if asking if I was going back to it . |
| 6 | ‘ For a while — until I was sent back to Arrancay . ’ |
| 7 | When I arrived at MGM , I felt like I was going back to an enormous boarding school again . |
| 8 | They formed their line again and started searching for Esmerelda while I was carried back to the house . |
| 9 | And since I was coming in to town she asked me to get some more . |
| 10 | We had ages together before I was taken off to the ward . |
| 11 | But he was good enough to allow me some writing materials before I was taken back to my cell , formally charged with murder . |
| 12 | That thought had occurred to me before I was hauled off to Southwold police station for the interrogation . |
| 13 | A few days ago when I was hooked up to a foetal monitor , a midwife rushed in , not to ask how I was , but to see if I knew the latest on the war . |
| 14 | It was eighty six when I was sent up to with it . |
| 15 | It was a relief when I was moved on to the Sports Desk ; these were gains and losses of a different kind and they did n't involve people getting killed . |
| 16 | I found it really hard when I was left totally to the women 's company … |
| 17 | I do n't think this is now , what we have now , but when I was coming out to er meet you it was absolutely chocker right the way back to that erm last roundabout |
| 18 | It happened when I was forced on to a very low fat diet for health reasons ( I had a gall bladder that grumbled very painfully when I ate fatty food ) . |
| 19 | I 'm glad to say that in the Navy such luxuries were not a part of our conditions of service , and when I was ordered back to Germany in 1949 I had no option but to return . |
| 20 | Yeah he 's always putting When I was going over to Royals . |
| 21 | ‘ When I was walking up to Keble Road yesterday I saw someone standing at the bus-stop outside St Giles ’ Church , waiting to get up to Summertown . |
| 22 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 23 | ‘ But I am very disappointed as I was looking forward to going to the West Indies and seeing what promised to be a great series . ’ |
| 24 | Shifty-Eyes could n't do much about it as I was hanging on to his foot . |
| 25 | In addition , I have not had the opportunity to read ’ Erskine May ’ during the debate , as I was listening attentively to contributors . |
| 26 | As I was going up to my cell it all hit me — am I ever going to get my daughter back ? |
| 27 | And it was Alice , right , and as I was going out to the door , she said to Alice , Alice must have said to her , are we going tonight ? |
| 28 | Just as I was put through to you I had the idea of reaching out to take one of these pencils and to tear off one of the canvass-returns as a notepad . |
| 29 | As I was walking up to his house two young bearded men in jeans and sweaters got out of a car and ran towards me . |
| 30 | As I was walking over to the piano I was thinking , ‘ Should I really be doing this ? ’ |