Example sentences of "[conj] i [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Did you truly believe , it seemed to say , that I was to be so easily pinned down ? |
| 32 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 33 | A year or so before that I was at a conference in America where deconstruction bulked largely on the agenda . |
| 34 | During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star . |
| 35 | A little later , I stood nervously beside my bag , hoping that I was at the right bus stop for Sligo . |
| 36 | I could think that I was at school again , lying in the long grass waiting to bat , or walking over Berkshire downs or along a Devon valley . |
| 37 | ‘ I was so far on side the decision was a joke , ’ said Hazard , adding : ‘ The TV people told me after watching a replay that I was at least two yards on side . ’ |
| 38 | Did I tell you that I was at Belsen just after it was liberated ? ’ |
| 39 | Er I might also say , on open access which is something that I was at a meeting for yesterday in London . |
| 40 | Nevertheless , I was always thankful that I was at Magdalen , perhaps the most beautiful of Oxford colleges . |
| 41 | Does n't that mean that I was at least a little sober ? |
| 42 | When I bought my first company and began to build up the business , I had to live in the city , so that I was at the centre of things . |
| 43 | My one solace is that I was at your side . |
| 44 | ‘ I rather think ’ Mr Nightingale said ‘ that I was at school with your uncle C. A. Harbinger . |
| 45 | Oh well it was not a meeting that I was at then |
| 46 | Now come on Stephen you were at the same debate that I was at , the housing committee . |
| 47 | I mean I 've just , but all the years that I was at the home every day I would say hello Flo , hello Elsie how are you ? |
| 48 | Paul was invited to give a series of public lectures at the school , and word got around that I was on the verge of retirement and Paul would be happy to take my place . |
| 49 | The excitement of the adventure started to dissipate and I was left with the cold reality of knowing that I was on a train with hardly any money , no ticket and nowhere to go . |
| 50 | At this airport the pottery was the same , but it was placed so high up the wall that I was on tiptoe and firing upwards . |
| 51 | ‘ Anders has achieved so many of his goals this year that I was on Jamie 's side . |
| 52 | He was obviously satisfied that I was on the level and reserved two birds on the spot , £35 each . |
| 53 | I believe her , I trust her and I was not bewitched by her green eyes , owing to the fact that I was on duty at the time . ’ |
| 54 | I never doubted that I was on a road that led somewhere . |
| 55 | She 'd been trying to prove that I was on drugs since I was fourteen . |
| 56 | I was very unhappy , because I saw then that I was on an island . |
| 57 | When I pushed open a door leading to a better-lit corridor , I realized that I was on an upper level of the main administrative building of the spaceport . |
| 58 | I got down on my knees behind the animal with the feeling that I was on my own . |
| 59 | The only reason I came in here was that I was on my way into town when your boys called and they said it would be quicker if I came in to see you . |
| 60 | The devil of it was the vehicle was a left-hand drive , so that I was on the side that would go over the edge first . |