Example sentences of "i [vb past] to [be] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected to be like a village . |
| 2 | I promised to be in a certain place by this time tomorrow , and I intend to be there . |
| 3 | As I left the room I seemed to be in a school and I saw many children in the hall and I seemed to be late for a class . |
| 4 | Twice I rose and tried to help her , but I seemed to be in a different dream . |
| 5 | At the weekend , I happened to be on a panel in a Welsh phone-in along with Wayne Shelford , Brian Price and Phil Bennett . |
| 6 | Charles wanted his protégé in and as I was the resident ( and unpopular ) Baroque sculpture specialist , I happened to be in the way . |
| 7 | This occurred on take-off one evening and I happened to be in the Met Office at the time . |
| 8 | ‘ I happened to be in the area and Lucasta Redburn 's not a common name , especially in a town the size of Plumford . ’ |
| 9 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I happened to be in the UK , ’ he said briskly , ‘ so I thought I 'd drop by and see how you were doing . |
| 11 | But when the two scholars had gone up to ( Oxford , ‘ I began to be near the top of the form … but still everything at school was an aimless task performed to the letter only . |
| 12 | I meant to be at the station , but these people came to look over the house and I could n't get away . ’ |
| 13 | The last one I went to was at the beginning of the Div 2 championship year . |
| 14 | Everyone I spoke to was against the widening of the roads especially the steep pass down into Kinlochewe . |
| 15 | I felt like I had to be in a group . ’ |
| 16 | I had to be near the edge to use material like that . |
| 17 | But as November 11th came , I longed to be at the City Temple again for the fine organ music , especially by Walford Davis . |
| 18 | I wanted to be at the pictures with my family . |
| 19 | It was irksome being trapped in my body as I wanted to be on the roof , in the rose bower , by the lake , in the woods , on the hills and in the valley simultaneously . |
| 20 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They felt that if I wanted to be on the course , I 'd got to manage the same as everyone else . |
| 21 | Erm , went , decided I wanted to be on the sort of management side . |
| 22 | I wanted to be in a harder place , hearing the great murmur of shock and argument you hear only when people realize that life has changed forever . |
| 23 | ‘ At the time I had no real plans but just knew I wanted to be in a group . |
| 24 | I was at the Edward II wrap party and someone asked me if I wanted to be in a film . |
| 25 | I did not understand what the man was doing , but I wanted to be near the fire . |