Example sentences of "arrived i [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ By the time my friend arrived I was exhausted and in a foul mood and so was Graeme . |
| 2 | When we arrived I was introduced to the medium , Helen , a quite ordinary , sandy-haired woman in her mid-thirties , and the rest of the group , Dora and Leo and Katy and Humphrey , and everyone made a great fuss of me . |
| 3 | The night I arrived I was walking around the streets on my own looking for work . |
| 4 | From the moment I arrived I was immensely impressed by the pomp and the ceremony which surrounded my uncle as Viceroy , fascinated by the splendour of the bodyguard , and the varied liveries and elaborate turbans of the doorkeepers , messengers , coachmen , household servants and other functionaries . |
| 5 | Soon after we arrived I was interrogated about my parents and our home life . |
| 6 | When we arrived I was very worried but the whistle had just gone and my teacher Mrs Edwards came out to get us and show us where our class room was . |
| 7 | When the community charge arrived I was about to retire . |
| 8 | ‘ I also had four days to be nervous and by the time the big day arrived I was all nervoused out . |