Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He jinked left , then right , throwing the plane into such steep and sudden turns that I was alternately jerked hard against the cockpit 's side window and then against his broad shoulder . |
| 2 | On my perch , arms wrapped tightly round the shrouds , I was alternately laid back over the deck and thrust out over the water . |
| 3 | I was frequently called out of my classes to interpret for him , and it began to be assumed that he would never talk at all . |
| 4 | As a boy living in Middlesbrough and Redcar I was frequently called as ‘ balmpot ’ by my mother , possibly with some justification . |
| 5 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 6 | Years ago , in fact , in the days before television , I was frequently asked ‘ Are you going netting ? |
| 7 | I was frequently told of the necessity for study overseas in order to do anything worthwhile in the academic field because facilities in China were so ‘ backward ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ TOEFL is the key for going abroad ’ , I was frequently reminded . |
| 9 | I was emotionally prepared because I had just had what seemed to me then an incredibly traumatic experience . |
| 10 | I was emotionally devastated , but I was not going back with the intention of finding a man to take care of me , to pay my bills , to embellish me and play papa as Helmut had . |
| 11 | I got to hear of several healers , but there was one in particular towards whom I was subtly steered . |
| 12 | I missed his semi-erect dick , because I was furiously scribbling down detailed descriptions of his buttocks , but only a severely learning-impaired person would consider the character he is playing to be representative of normality . |
| 13 | I was upstairs bleeding the radiators , all air hisssss air whooshing out everywhere I thought I better check to see when I come in , that thing was full of water ! |
| 14 | And I was upstairs see so I sat and I watched them . |
| 15 | By that time I was hopelessly lost and hopelessly bored . |
| 16 | I was frantically doing this and I showed up at rehearsal thinking they were going to do all the songs , but we did n't do anything until two or three days later ! |
| 17 | However , I was immediately transferred to Glynn , a technical guy who took my fax number with the promise that he would send me a drawing that morning of the necessary mods . |
| 18 | I was immediately dragged from the dock by the screws and led to the cell downstairs . ’ |
| 19 | In that first week , Dulcie was planning a programme of ballets with the school , and I was immediately cast as Kostchei — almost entirely a mime role — in her own version of The Firebird , called Russian Tale . |
| 20 | I was immediately seized . |
| 21 | When we got there I was immediately admitted for observation . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't say I was exactly looking forward to telling them either , ’ said Rachel . |
| 23 | I was kindly invited in 1982 , but had to refuse , as I was already booked up , but I have not missed one since ! |
| 24 | I was kindly invited by the President of the World in Harmony , Princess Irene of the Hellenes , to a Royal Gala concert and Dinner at the Spanish Embassy , in aid of World in Harmony UK , and the Anti Drug Foundation , Madrid . |
| 25 | ‘ I was utterly absorbed in my book , ’ explained Lydia , wondering where she had left it . |
| 26 | I was utterly baffled , but I gave you the benefit of every doubt , which by this time added up to a couple of thousand . |
| 27 | SIR — I was utterly infuriated at the thoughtless and bigoted article by Jamie Salmon ( Daily Telegraph , April 6 ) . |
| 28 | I was utterly devastated by my father 's death . |
| 29 | That 's when I was finally diagnosed as having Acne Vulgaris . ’ |
| 30 | My posting came through and I was posted to Swordstone this side of Norwich , so I was still quids in , I could get home once a week , twenty four hour pass and then erm after a while erm , having served at Regiment , I was posted up to , as the Sergeant Artillery Clerk with the Brigade , an ack-ack brigade up at Coventry , just outside Coventry and then of course the A T S were coming in , were coming in in quite large numbers then and they were replacing male personnel and then I was posted abroad and I went to Egypt where I was there again , fortunate enough , I suppose , to go into the echelon , the second echelon which was the Records Office of all the forces or the armoured personnel in the Middle East and I worked there until I was actually demobbed from there but I was out in Egypt there for two , just over two years , came back to Northampton where I was finally demobbed and allowed to come home and as I said I came home one week and I was back at work the next . |