Example sentences of "i was [prep] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I was over there most days when I was a boy . ’ |
2 | Hurt by ‘ the ungenerous treatment which I met with from that very sex whose sufferings I was at so much pains to relieve ’ , he was glad to leave Aberdeen when recalled to active duty in the Royal Navy . |
3 | ‘ Because I was for so many years a one man operation , ’ he says , ‘ I was always right at the centre of things . |
4 | I bit the shell of one and gave the kernel to her , and then bit another and pretended it had broken one of my teeth and I was in too much pain . ’ |
5 | Lorry driver Bill , 51 , of Merthyr Tydfil , South Wales , said yesterday : ‘ I was in so much pain I could n't dress myself after I had been examined and needed a wheelchair . ’ |