Example sentences of "i was [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day , a year later , I was over on the west side of the island . |
| 2 | Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road . |
| 3 | I was over on the island . |
| 4 | I was over by the Orchard and then this . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Now I was up with the world 's elite sprinters , with Ben and Carl , Calvin and Dennis . |
| 7 | I was up on the box all the time ! ’ |
| 8 | Then the American announcer said , ‘ The bronze medal , Linford Christie , Great Britain , ’ and I was up on the plinth , the medal was around my neck and the Union Jacks were waving . |
| 9 | I was up on the hill when the woman came . |
| 10 | In fact , as I recall , I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves . |
| 11 | ‘ Last Saturday night I was up on the stage being congratulated on winning the car . |
| 12 | Its reflection on the water surface of the river at Abingdon advanced towards me , in this case not exactly to my feet because I was up on the bridge , but whatever else I managed to achieve in the picture I had to make this plane of the river advance . |
| 13 | It attracted me like a magnet when I was a youth , and soon as I could leave school I was up at the course for a caddying job . |
| 14 | for October , I think , when I was up at the hospital and it was down not I was below . |
| 15 | the structured thought patterns I found that the most important because when I was up at the table on the second presentation I was able to have my thoughts relating to the layout already and with in fact just the single element of the subject shown on my paper I could immediately focus on that and in fact give the details of that right the way through . |
| 16 | You might just remind your team that I would n't be working with IMP if they did n't think I was up to the job . |
| 17 | ANNETTE BENING : ‘ I was up for the part of a prostitute in Dangerous Liaisons , the one whose backside John Malkovich uses to write a letter . |
| 18 | My joy of getting into Halton was short-lived , In the first term I was up before the Head , a delightful fellow called B , A , Smith who kindly explained in a most embarrassed way that in spite of appearing to have satisfactory results in other departments , my school results were as poor as he could recall in all his experience . |
| 19 | I was up against the wall and unable to obey my first instinct . |
| 20 | ‘ And when I was up in the tree , ’ she added , gazing up at him , ‘ I saw a thief climb into the Botanical Gardens and dig up a lot of bulbs and put them in a big case and go off with them ! ’ |
| 21 | But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them . |
| 22 | However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ? |
| 23 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
| 24 | I was on at the time , I had my period . |
| 25 | I was on to the exchange for your name and number as soon as the news came through , but it took me an hour and a half to bully someone into looking up where the phone-box was . |
| 26 | I was on about the necklace and you said it was a bit pricey |
| 27 | That 's right yeah , for a little bit , I was on about the reference to er Embassy Service though |
| 28 | I was along for the ride . |
| 29 | ‘ The state I was in at the time I 'd have wanted to murder him myself . |
| 30 | I 've got a lot of interesting stuff-after all , I was in on the ground floor . |