Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [was/were] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The the evening I was there there were about twenty five people in the room and people were falling asleep . |
| 2 | The day I was there was the still , silent kind of a winter day when the light clings to the skyline slowly moving round from east to south to west . |
| 3 | After this uncharacteristic lapse into gravity , Aranyos continued , ‘ The main reason I was there was to keep an eye on Fedorov . |
| 4 | The only thing I was him with his poxy trainers on and no shoes . |
| 5 | Yeah as I say , that unit trust thing I was I know it 's not the safest investment but it never was the safest investment . |
| 6 | I am a solicitor in a busy city centre practice and this time last year I was your typical workaholic — at my desk from 7 am to 7 pm Monday to Friday , and occasionally Saturday as well . |
| 7 | In English I was I was just listening to music . |
| 8 | By the time I was myself a prefect , the penny had dropped . |
| 9 | For a time I was his friend , but not for long . |
| 10 | One of the graduate trainees at the time I was there was Alan Williams , son of Emlyn and to become himself a bestselling author . |
| 11 | Has it ever occurred to you that I was wedded and bedded and well pregnant by the time I was your age ? |
| 12 | Even though as a graduate I was something of an oddity , I was absorbed into the background after a time and people treated me as one of them . |