Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Both Mike and I were away at the time . |
2 | ‘ I 'd be much happier knowing you and I were n't at the beck and call of such a man . ’ |
3 | In 1972 , when he and I were both in the House , I voted in favour of the European Communities Bill , as it then was , and the right hon. Gentleman voted against it . |
4 | I took supplies from the Land Rover , according to our agreement , as if I were actually at the cafe . |
5 | ‘ Rastani and I were out of the Tower . |
6 | The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe . |
7 | I was near at the time , with Tiffany , in Mansfield . |
8 | On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed . |
9 | The second , far more important lesson , I did n't learn until I was downstairs at the desk paying the actual bill : if you can get away with 50 quid for a bottle of anything in Sweden , take it . |
10 | ‘ Screaming ’ ‘ I was downstairs in the living-room and when I came out I found the whole stairway on fire , ’ she said . |
11 | I was nearly at the top of the post part when I saw Julie getting out of a car . |
12 | God , I was nearly in an accident last night , that reminds me , coming , I 'd just turned off the Wrexham road , er going along the Paisword one |
13 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
14 | I was again on the west side of the island and was walking along the shore . |
15 | After two days at home with my parents , I was again at the railway station , this time catching the early evening train to Fort William . |
16 | The first the first half a year that I was Holland I I do n't think I was away for a holiday , but then the the next Summer then I was away . |
17 | But er I was away for a week there , I only came back on Saturday . |
18 | ‘ I was away during the war . |
19 | About a week or so ago , when I was away from the morning show for a week doing a bit of gardening , decorating , and all those things that we all love to take time off . |
20 | When I arrived at the GA European Open , I looked at the list of entrants for the Lancome Trophy to find that I was right at the bottom of the list of qualifiers with one week to go before the final selection . |
21 | We got , I was right at the front in the balcony . |
22 | I was right in the middle of a sentence . |
23 | During my years in Oxford , working as I was largely in the field of recent Anglican ecclesiastical history , I was increasingly drawn to Anglicanism . |
24 | ‘ And then — I was rather at a loss , I suppose . |
25 | One day , a year later , I was over on the west side of the island . |
26 | Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road . |
27 | I was over on the island . |
28 | I was over by the Orchard and then this . |
29 | ‘ They brought some other poor sod in , ’ he said , as if in answer to my question , ‘ but I was over behind the door and they did n't see me . |
30 | ‘ No , ’ he contradicts , ‘ I was ahead of the flow . ’ |