Example sentences of "i [vb past] [coord] [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I applied and was accepted , rigged out with clothes , shoes etc and sent to a large country house near Burton on Trent for training . |
| 2 | When after I became a Christian I obeyed and was baptized , it was n't to make me a better person it was n't to make me er , someone who was , er more pious or more religious , or of having greater favour with God , it was done because he had commanded it in his word , and I was identifying myself with him . |
| 3 | When I arrived and was told he was n't appearing I was so devastated . |
| 4 | I begged and was rewarded . |
| 5 | Perhaps because my mother refused to send me a sanitary belt , saying that such things were unnecessary , I leaked and was chafed more than most . |
| 6 | If I rang and was told ‘ no ’ I would accept he 's not for sale . |
| 7 | After about a month I rang and was told I 'd be hearing something soon , and when I did n't I phoned again a month or so later and was told the same . |
| 8 | And then when I fell and was trying to get up , he came at me with a knife and that 's when you opened the door and — Oh , Mamma ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And I auditioned and was given the stage role , but I think Michael Crawford called them and said he wanted it , and they ousted me . |
| 10 | I won and was selected for Oxford against Cambridge . |
| 11 | I volunteered and was accepted as a trainee and continue to be involved . |