Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] i [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I was n't so much disappointed as that I was disappointed that there was only five would be sponsors and that it was we had to give out |
| 2 | The reason I 'd put pu pupil comment where it is , is because so far as I was concerned the top half of that I was gon na , was gon na be filled in by staff it is a report . |
| 3 | It was n't it was more like twenty past and I was deep in the land of nod |
| 4 | Then there was the resentment over the fur coat she was deprived of because I was sent to a fee-paying school . |
| 5 | But this day is something I 've dreamed of since I was a kid and I just want to enjoy it . |
| 6 | It was something I 'd dreamed of since I was a boy humping golf-bags nearly as big as me . |
| 7 | Awareness of time and even of whether I was waking or sleeping soon drained away . |
| 8 | Funnily enough we always say erm that within the structure of when I was a regional manager and there were four of us erm Andrew who lives in Manchester |
| 9 | ‘ It was my view that is exactly what Batty is paid for and I was n't happy with the situation at all . |
| 10 | I just could n't stand it , here was a man I felt deeply for and I was going to lose him , ’ she said . |
| 11 | ‘ Clive , what about if I were to … ’ |
| 12 | as if I was holding the thought in my hands , looking at it , turning it about . |
| 13 | He settled down again to work ( ‘ lessons and literature ’ ) , with some hours spent at Wimbledon with Arthur Hardy ‘ in the warmth and strange visible light of the late afternoon ’ , and enjoyed the kindness around Which I never felt so much as of late , when it looked as if I was soon to cast it away with such apparent rudeness ’ . |
| 14 | It was fascinating , I felt as if I was learning about another world . |
| 15 | It was awful , because although I 'd worn the dress all day , and stuck up for myself , I did feel bad about it ; they made me feel bad , sort of guilty , as if I was showing off my body . |
| 16 | And when the great beast stopped to answer a call of nature , I felt as if I was sitting astride Mount Pinatubo . |
| 17 | With eyes fixed on me as if I was hypnotisin' him , he takes the papermate out of the tray and moves away as if I might bite . |
| 18 | as if I was n't in enough trouble with the cab company already — blood all over the place ! ’ |
| 19 | He gave me an odd look as if I was telling strange stories . |
| 20 | Since then I am called ‘ Majesty ’ and it seems to me as if I was part of a play . |
| 21 | ‘ And what else ? ’ he asked excitedly , as if I was short-changing him . |
| 22 | In early 1986 , my foot finally healed and I began to train as if I was as fit as I had been before my injury . |
| 23 | We headed out along the waterfront towards the port , but it felt as if I was treading water . |
| 24 | Fear often played tricks with my perception and now it seemed as if I was losing my grip of reality . |
| 25 | I felt as if I was a schoolboy who had done something wrong and was being taken to see the headmaster . |
| 26 | He looked half determined , half afraid , as if I was a lion which he as assistant keeper was helping to escort from one zoo to another . |
| 27 | I walked suddenly faster on the railway station as if I was testing how closely he kept up with me . |
| 28 | The nurse called my name ; I walked into the consulting room , flashing a worn , mechanical smile , but feeling as if I was walking onto the stage at the National without my trousers . |
| 29 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |
| 30 | And I hate being called ‘ dear ’ or ‘ darling ’ just as if I was a child . ’ |