Example sentences of "was [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've tried a few ways of getting it off her … offering to telephone for her and so on , thinking she might improve if that was off her mind … ‘ |
| 2 | Feeling a little better now that the weight was off her feet and the room had finally stopped swimming around her , Lisa watched him through lowered lashes as he phoned down his order . |
| 3 | In a flash she was off her bed and on her way to have it out with the one man responsible . |
| 4 | Perhaps she 'd heard on the college grapevine that Barney had been getting an undue amount of visits from the police and was rejoicing that the heat was off her beloved Rodney . |
| 5 | I know he was off he was off sick on Tuesday er but it 's I know he was hoping to come in today I know so it 's worth a look |
| 6 | As the heating was off it had been cold , but he had comforted himself with the thought that it was not as cold as it was outside where many of the animals were . |
| 7 | The Pools were working summer hours so although Joe was off it was a school day . |
| 8 | Tolkien 's contention was that something he called ‘ the ulsterior motive ’ — the bogey of Lewis 's Ulster background — lurked beneath the surface of his imagination , and rose when he was off his guard to make him brutal in manners , crude or illogical in thought . |
| 9 | Nails looked so strange she thought he was off his rocker . |
| 10 | Stockwell hustled into the penalty area on his own but Ironside was off his line quickly and Stockwell hit a hurried shot over the bar . |
| 11 | He was off his f—in' tree . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't know whether it was because he realised how hard it 'd be for us to get enough for both of us , or whether he knew he was off his head and needed someone around who was n't , y'know what I mean , to look after the kids and sort things out , like . |
| 13 | Matt was off his game . |
| 14 | Right at the death Wright dashed through twice , but Meola was off his line and maintained his brilliant form in the face of England 's raiders . |
| 15 | He was off his face a bit . |
| 16 | ‘ They caught me when I was off my mark , ’ she says . |
| 17 | ‘ I was off my rocker when she let me out . |
| 18 | I overcame this problem quite easily in the end : I just gave her less for supper when she was off my hand , got her weight down , say , half an ounce , and built up her appetite , so that when I had her on my fist she 'd be hungry . |
| 19 | Then I became the black sheep and I found to my horror that everyone thought I was off my bloody head . |
| 20 | Even Gran 'd think I was off my head . |
| 21 | It , it was off your drawing , yes . |
| 22 | The Chinese man had wanted to do a Celtic torque in plain black , very fashionable at the time , but Jasper 's wish was for something less austere . |
| 23 | It was a short hop for Foucard to suggest that as her colleague was such a dull man it was unlikely the flat had been searched for something belonging to him , more likely that the hunt was for something belonging to Rain or Oliver . |
| 24 | But the summerhouse was for something special . |
| 25 | Jackie he was he was looking he was for something and he was looking for something in a hurry and I could n't find out I like T-shirts in one pile sweat shirts in another pullovers in another jeans in another but they were all sort of |
| 26 | It was for something that happened about five or six years ago . |
| 27 | No , it was for himself to protect his dallta , as usual . |
| 28 | ‘ I asked if it was for himself or his mother . |
| 29 | Their private parts were firmly jammed in the wringer and all it needed was for somebody to the rescue . |
| 30 | But the uneasy excitement that smouldered deep within her , like a banked-down fire waiting to be stirred into leaping life , was for what might come after . |