Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I remember I 'd got a box on my mantlepiece erm not only was I using the pessaries but I was also taking these when the period was due . |
| 2 | It had dawned on me that not only was I leaving the comfortingly familiar surroundings of primary school but that I no longer had any influence whatsoever on the other pupils at the school which I had had before but I was to be demoted to ‘ the annoying first year ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ How was I to know the goddamn file was that confidential ? ’ she raged . |
| 4 | ‘ How was I to know the chimney would be blocked or whatever it is that 's wrong with the thing ? |
| 5 | Ella — where was I hearing the news ? ’ |