Example sentences of "[noun pl] i was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a long time I did not know whether the notes I was accumulating would be published one day , but that did not deter me . |
| 2 | I was back to visit it because Ben Tee , via the falls , was one of a series of outings I was proposing for a book of Lochaber walks , and despite all my nosing about I was not prepared to describe things without another visit . |
| 3 | No one of the reasons I was ringing er I have actually er tried the old Beauj' this year . |
| 4 | When I was asked to speak at my farewell party I said that I felt a Ghanaian could have done my job and that was one of the reasons I was leaving . |
| 5 | Yes erm during the h the Probably one of the reasons I was set on to start with , was the tremendous amount of house building . |
| 6 | Cos I was asking , for a number of reasons I was asking for floor plans for our , you see . |
| 7 | He said the traditional exercises I was doing were unimportant in comparison with the meditative disciplines I was experiencing whilst making music . |
| 8 | In most cases I was allowed to read the case file as well as to observe solicitor-client encounters and to attend court . |
| 9 | And in spite of all the inducements I was offered to stay . ’ |
| 10 | Within hours I was flying over it . |
| 11 | Well it was twenty three hours I was going to say twenty four hours ago , but twenty three hours . |
| 12 | For three hours I was sitting in a dressing gown . |
| 13 | At the end of the investitures I was joined by my family and we walked to the exit through the long corridors joined by small flights of deep-carpeted stairs . |
| 14 | ‘ On clay courts I was trained to make the other guy play tennis all day . |
| 15 | I have a Passap 6000 and when knitting a jacquard pattern with black and white yarns I was having ‘ mispatterning ’ . |
| 16 | After numerous attempts I was getting on quite well , managing to get right up onto the bike . |
| 17 | After two minutes I was showered with hot tea and a selection of cakes from the next door cubicle . |
| 18 | However , convincing myself the pebbles I was climbing on would n't pull out did take a little time . |
| 19 | Were it not for the narrow strip of tar , I would have been stuck hopelessly — several times I was bogged down when the wind blew me off the road . |
| 20 | Several times I was stopped in my tracks by the sight of something I could not identify . |
| 21 | Several times I was given money to go to the chemist 's for bitter aloes or penny royal or a bottle of gin from the outdoor . |
| 22 | Also at times I was overcome by tiredness , really knackered . |
| 23 | I wonder how many times I was taken in by his Yankee sincerity , his B-movie honesty . |
| 24 | I think there 's a few times I was gon na pack in cos I used to do the same amount of work as everyone else and I got paid |
| 25 | I was quite prepared to do this journey alone , but my mother , who had given me every encouragement although well aware of the risks I was running , insisted I should take a companion . |
| 26 | And as she opened her legs I was flooded by thoughts and feelings I 'd never had before . |
| 27 | Not wishing to be a pansy , I stepped up my pace too , but I was no match for the male legs I was pursuing since both of my spindly little limbs could fit into the right leg of his breeches . |
| 28 | Tumbling blearily on deck in my pyjamas I was confronted by the huge bulk of a klondyke trawler ramming alongside us , and I was just in time to see her huge fender catch our motor dory and sink her where she was tied to our stern . |
| 29 | It was in that respect that James differed most radically from the other drivers I was getting to know . |
| 30 | Also , he believed , ‘ in respect of much general book/library purchasing , the decision is not ‘ what is the best book ’ in absolute terms , it is much more ‘ is this suitable/attractive and justifies my use of whatever funds I was intending to spend ’ . |