Example sentences of "i [that] [pron] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Telling me that everything was under control . |
| 2 | Following a very rough crossing from Portsmouth during which I slept very little it dawned on me that we were on our own in a Renault van which was half a ton overweight , had a top speed of 60 mph , an up-hill speed of 40 mph provided you had a run at it , jumped out of fourth gear unless you held it in position and we had 1850 miles to go ! |
| 3 | Since then , four telephone calls and two letters have failed to elicit from the sheriff officers the basis of this arrestment , beyond informing me that it was for a sum of £50.59 , but without specifying why or how this sum was allegedly due . |
| 4 | that intrigued me because it did n't seem to me that it was to be eligible |
| 5 | They told me that it was of no use to me any more and that I 'd be better off letting them have it . |
| 6 | Ellen Orford in the poem is a middle-aged woman and it was fortuitous for me that I was about the right age — it 's not a part for a young soprano . |
| 7 | Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing . |
| 8 | I remember many occasions when friends would reassure me that I was like them , there were n't any differences . |
| 9 | I hardly knew how I was able to face it , either then or at any other time of my life in this mocking world , but I did , though it did not seem to me that I was in any way heroic — just the opposite , in fact . |
| 10 | It proved to me that I was in earnest , that I was truly resolved . |
| 11 | It did n't occur to me that I was in labour because it was too early . |
| 12 | Could n't you have come to me and told me that you were in debt , that you needed money ? |