Example sentences of "of the [noun pl] i was " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the hypotheses I was considering was that during REM sleep ( and therefore during REM sleep dreams ) the entire memory system is accessible — none of the inhibitions present during wakeful life are active , and new memories can be fitted in to the appropriate cognitive structures during REM sleep . |
| 2 | By the end of the holidays I was only capable of reading such publications as Woman 's Own or Valentine without my mind wandering . |
| 3 | But for the last two weeks of the holidays I was continually feeling ‘ sick ’ and ‘ shaky ’ , and went back to school , weighing seven stone one pound . |
| 4 | After Richard reminded me of the problems I was about to face following that first flight , I was n't looking forward to the next flying lesson . |
| 5 | One of the things I was asked to write about this week I think was a radio , to , to write about er what I felt about radios , you know , er , erm , so anything could be thrown at you , and obviously I have my areas that I particularly interested in and I think sometimes I get a bit complacement and I 'm writing about a , I find particularly interested in and a bit lazy , so its quite good to be stretched . |
| 6 | I mean one of the things I was taught when i my training for work with children , was that erm , it 's alright to use big l long words , for children , as long as you explain to them what the words mean . |
| 7 | " It 's one of the things I was telling you about . |
| 8 | This is the some the th one of the things I was going to suggest about I was going to leave it till next meeting , is that we we try and organize ourselves so that we are not su Last year I found myself sitting there frantically writing names on raffle tickets , knowing I was going out to play in about ten minutes , but there was nobody there to take over . |
| 9 | I have a neighbour with a toddler who was outgrowing several of the things I was looking for ; the pram came from her , and a few other things as well . |
| 10 | That 's one of the things I was trained for . |
| 11 | It was n't the kind of sound an engine made — or a dishwasher or a television or any of the things I was used to seeing round the house . |
| 12 | You must 've got an extra sheet than me because one of the things I was moaning about this morning erm , maybe you 've got a different |
| 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 | Yes , I know , yes but I mean it 's interesting at lunch time I had a , I had a working lunch with someone and a month after we had finished all the work and stuff , we got on to a whole pile of other things and , and I was talking about some of the -ists and one of the -ists I was talking about was feminism and how I 'd been in an amazing meeting a few weeks ago where you know I used that word and the women , it was all a meeting with women , the women there had absolutely freaked at the use of the word feminism and feminists . |
| 15 | One of the questions I was asked was , which historical figure did I admire most ? |
| 16 | You answered one of the questions I was going to pose to you . |
| 17 | Er in fact you have anticipated one of the questions I was going to ask . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | No one of the reasons I was ringing er I have actually er tried the old Beauj' this year . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But you said he was at the bottom of the stairs I was at the top and you were in his office |
| 23 | Here , Joe , you should 'ave seen some of the rooms I was offered , they was n't fit to keep cats in even . |
| 24 | A lot of the books I was asking for [ from project funds ] were already in the library . |
| 25 | There are plenty of good recent reviews aimed at research workers covering at least some of the issues I was starting to address . |
| 26 | Every year for the past four years , some of the veterans I was with in Normandy have taken part in the annual Paulton memorial service . |
| 27 | We 've been talking to Michael Medleycote from the British Tourist Authority , and one of the points I was making to him was with the recession and also the Gulf war people are very concerned , a ) there 's the cost of flying , but also they 're concerned of course about security . |