Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He jinked left , then right , throwing the plane into such steep and sudden turns that I was alternately jerked hard against the cockpit 's side window and then against his broad shoulder . |
| 2 | On my perch , arms wrapped tightly round the shrouds , I was alternately laid back over the deck and thrust out over the water . |
| 3 | Years ago , in fact , in the days before television , I was frequently asked ‘ Are you going netting ? |
| 4 | I was frequently told of the necessity for study overseas in order to do anything worthwhile in the academic field because facilities in China were so ‘ backward ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ TOEFL is the key for going abroad ’ , I was frequently reminded . |
| 6 | I was frequently called out of my classes to interpret for him , and it began to be assumed that he would never talk at all . |
| 7 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 8 | As a boy living in Middlesbrough and Redcar I was frequently called as ‘ balmpot ’ by my mother , possibly with some justification . |
| 9 | I was emotionally prepared because I had just had what seemed to me then an incredibly traumatic experience . |
| 10 | I was emotionally devastated , but I was not going back with the intention of finding a man to take care of me , to pay my bills , to embellish me and play papa as Helmut had . |
| 11 | I got to hear of several healers , but there was one in particular towards whom I was subtly steered . |
| 12 | I missed his semi-erect dick , because I was furiously scribbling down detailed descriptions of his buttocks , but only a severely learning-impaired person would consider the character he is playing to be representative of normality . |
| 13 | I was furiously angry , and I needed desperately to believe it was with you … |
| 14 | I was majorly unpleased as you can imagine at the time but I think what it does show is that the Indians have got a terrific sense of humour . |
| 15 | I was jolly well tempted to tell him it 's those wretched Frenchmen . |
| 16 | ‘ I was upstairs . |
| 17 | I was upstairs and heard the window smash . |
| 18 | I mean that would have been a disaster I mean it 's only because I was upstairs and I thought oh I can smell boiling . |
| 19 | At least I was upstairs when it happened , no-one was hurt . |
| 20 | I was upstairs with the other two , she could have just taken the other one |
| 21 | Oh it 's so funny , cos the second time he could n't , he came back and I think I was upstairs , and she did n't shut the door and I said all four , cos I 've got to pick her up at five , he said oh , anyway he went back , after dinner he 'd gone back and I said told you about it 's five o'clock , he said are you on me . |
| 22 | I , I , I mean I do n't know , I was n't there for half the things she was talking about last night , I mean I was upstairs for three quarters of an hour trying to go to sleep |
| 23 | I was upstairs bleeding the radiators , all air hisssss air whooshing out everywhere I thought I better check to see when I come in , that thing was full of water ! |
| 24 | I do n't know when he goes , I have n't heard the story properly , cos I was upstairs and , er well Ron was half way upstairs and Eileen come on to the landing and I was in the bathroom , so I says I 'll come down , no she says you need n't bother cos we 're not staying we 've only just er come to see how you are |
| 25 | Aye , perhaps I saw him like , cos I was upstairs like . |
| 26 | And I was upstairs see so I sat and I watched them . |
| 27 | I was down-wind , of course , and the breeze was stiff enough to cover most small noises . |
| 28 | By that time I was hopelessly lost and hopelessly bored . |
| 29 | I was vividly aware of the far reaching and vast contribution that Basil had made to education , to values , to the good influences of the Authority on teachers and children , colleges , schools and students , and I am of the privileged few who were able to work with Basil in the early days of struggles , so I know how much , how very much he did — So I felt that at least he had fulfilled — as nearly as we can ever judge — so much of his life 's work even to the developments in his own personal creative medium — and this must be a comfort to you as well as to us who knew him as a friend and colleague . |
| 30 | I was frantically doing this and I showed up at rehearsal thinking they were going to do all the songs , but we did n't do anything until two or three days later ! |