Example sentences of "of [noun] i was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I was asking , for a number of reasons I was asking for floor plans for our , you see . |
| 2 | I think it was his fourth , but as I had been a child during this proliferation of fiancées I was n't certain . |
| 3 | When studying the electromagnetic properties of dielectrics I was very reluctant to get involved with the physics of dielectrics . |
| 4 | After a couple of minutes I was OK . |
| 5 | Of course I was sent to bed without any supper . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course I was . |
| 7 | Of course I was . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course I was terrified when it happened , ’ she recalls , ‘ but I 'm not the sort to be beaten . |
| 9 | It was there all the time but I had turned my back upon it in a sense , so when I got converted , and of course I was listening to the Big Man 's comments on events and I recognized the validity of what he was saying . |
| 10 | Of course I was in a fever to hear again , but as his regiment was sent back into the line , I did not have further word till April , when he responded to that phrase with the comment : ‘ I think you would consider that this lily has grown into rather a thistle … seriously , though , I 'm not the same little lad you last saw ; I feel so much older because of my life in the last year . ’ |
| 11 | Of course I was due for a humiliation . |
| 12 | He said , ‘ Of course I was . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Of course I was on the same squadron as him for a time . ’ |
| 14 | But of course I was always coming off-duty to find the thing burning away merrily in an empty hut . |
| 15 | Of course I was not saying I see people elbowed in the face 200 times a week . |
| 16 | ‘ Of course I was surprised . |
| 17 | Of course I was far too small , and they 'd have swum away from me in fright anyway , but that did n't stop me trying on occasion . |
| 18 | These days this happens when you check in and of course I was asked to open my suitcase to show them the contents . |
| 19 | Of course I was triumphant because she had been rumbled . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I was very interested in having her see my cock , but of course I was n't ever going to just flip it out in front of her , I needed some … distancing step , so that ho ho ho yes we 're civilized adults here , it 's all on paper . |
| 21 | And er of course I was lucky the next time see . |
| 22 | You see , my day rate , then , of course I was piece work , but my day rate then would be er er two pound twelve and six pence . |
| 23 | Of course I was working there in nineteen thirty three . |
| 24 | And so er it it was a a reasonably good wage but when I first started of course I was n't on piece rate , you used to get a penny an hour , when we worked Saturday morning got about six and sixpence a week . |
| 25 | And at the court I can remember this as a kid , at the court , of course I was n't in at at the court but I remember the story the blacklegs er picked out people and said they and they and they threw stones you see , through the window . |
| 26 | I thought with sudden exasperation that of course I was quiet . |
| 27 | I said ( later , of course I was gagged outside ) , are we near the sea ? |
| 28 | Of course I was not — at least I told myself I was not — a puritan . |
| 29 | ‘ Of course I was at the time . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course I was . ’ |