Example sentences of "i was [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not Billingsley 's physical size that provoked that fear , for I was of a size with him , nor was it his profession that gave me pause , but rather the aura of incipient violence that he radiated like a blast furnace . |
| 2 | ‘ That is fortunate , ’ said the emir , ‘ for I was of a mind to present you with none . |
| 3 | If I was of a mind to stop washing and shaving and go live in a bus and drive around the country shitting in farmers ' fields and killing their sheep and being hassled by the pigs and pilloried by the Daily Star and generally being ‘ free ’ , this is the record I would choose to do it to . |
| 4 | I was worth a try , Josie thought sadly . |
| 5 | I am always drawn back to it as if I was under a compulsion " They are telling the truth . |
| 6 | If you passed for Sergeant , you got two ten-shilling special allowances , and when I got made Sergeant , I was on a bike allowance of seven shillings a week . |
| 7 | And I myself , as er your course leader has indicated , I was on a course here myself some four weeks ago listening to the same subject , doing the physical exercises etcetera etcetera and listening and trying to take in , I wo n't say I did , trying to take in all the different aspects that will affect us in our er retirement years . |
| 8 | It 's quite interesting that it 's the theatre that 's doing it , I was on a course last week in Sussex , a management course and there was Bradford theatre companies were there erm , from all the different theatres and they , they organize it and they organize the volunteers |
| 9 | Now children am I right in thinking that when Mrs came in and took some lessons with you when I was on a course that she taught you how to count up to thirty ? |
| 10 | The morning was wasting away and I was on a promise to deliver women for Simon down in Southwark . |
| 11 | Well , at least until Sunday when I was on a promise at the hospital with Ruth and some new bandages . |
| 12 | A few weeks later I was on a troopship , the converted Andes , with 3,000 men , bound for the Middle East via the Cape . |
| 13 | I was on a kind of … half-throttle , emotionally . |
| 14 | During the first two months I was on a King 's Kids Outreach Tour . |
| 15 | I dreamed I was on a case . |
| 16 | I was on a case . |
| 17 | yes , I was on a coach to the boat show erm at Earls Court when , when I read it |
| 18 | ‘ I was on a tour of Europe . |
| 19 | ‘ I was on a cruise liner , ’ Lucy said absently , continuing to study the menu while her mind raced through all the angles . |
| 20 | I am very worried now because I was on a deportation order , the immigration had n't been settled . |
| 21 | The speech began : ‘ I was on a Greyhound bus out of Carlsbad heading for Loving , New Mexico . |
| 22 | Ah , how touching ! thought Anna : it reminds me of Dmitri , when I was on a field trip in the Urals , that summer — oh , was it ‘ 66 or ‘ 67 ? |
| 23 | I never doubted that I was on a road that led somewhere . |
| 24 | When I saw the room , I immediately wanted to call the whole thing off , but the chap already had the cheque and I was on a hiding to nothing with my landlord so I would just have to put up with it . |
| 25 | We may have met a long time ago at Rotherfield when I was on a weekend outing from school , but I would n't expect you to remember — it was at least 10 years ago and I ca n't imagine I was a memorable schoolgirl ! |
| 26 | Given the chance , I would have stayed watching or followed the kestrel around the park all day , but if I was on a shopping sortie with my mother , she was always in an incredible hurry , so that was n't possible . |
| 27 | It had however taken me 40 gallons to fly from Duxford down to Stansted and I felt that somehow I was on a loser here ! |
| 28 | That night I dreamed I was on a ship again , and Alec was captain . |
| 29 | And it came to the crunch in April , I was on a death wish . |
| 30 | I told him I was on a diet , which he believed . |