Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] i be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made me think a lot about photography while I was in prison ; it was like why are you doing this ? ’ |
| 2 | We still keep meat pies and vegetables in the freezer but only for emergencies and I 'm in the third year of the course now . |
| 3 | ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’ |
| 4 | You see , and of course when I was at Cambridge , you see , and that was during the Second World War , well of course , you see , I remember seeing a plane because of course the station was a prime target |
| 5 | Full of admiration as I was for these brave , sturdy survivors , it was kidneys I was now interested in . |
| 6 | I had a paper to say and they said there was too much money coming in here a week , because you were working that I could n't get anything and I , it said , I wrote , it , it all come when I wrote to say could I have relief off of prescriptions cos I was on that H I V at the time |
| 7 | I mean I bought one or two pair of clogs when I was on the dredger and we 'd take the iro iron piece off underneath , that 's just like a , a shoe what a horse have , like go round the |
| 8 | Yeah usually if there 's no stamp wanted I get one of lasses while I 'm at work , they 'll drop it off for me . |
| 9 | ‘ It was a sort of joke when I was at Oxford . |
| 10 | IMPRESSED just this side of awe as I am by the Department of Transport and its fearless tackling of such problems as juggernaut lorries and EEC regulations , I must nevertheless confess some disquiet about a recent plan . |
| 11 | I was er four I left the school at fourteen years of age and I was down the pit the following day . |
| 12 | Much has already been written about the Invasion of Europe and I am in no position to go into details of the actual event , but can only record how it affected us in Bomber Command . |
| 13 | It suddenly occurred to me that just as I wanted the boys to dress according to Western ideas when they were in London , so the Sheikha and Sheikha Grandmother would like me to dress according to their ideas of fashion when I was with them . |
| 14 | In fact , for a while I was almost as afraid of boys as I was of horses and cows . |
| 15 | By the time I had replaced the telephone in its cradle I had realized in a sudden , terrifying swoop of misery that I was in genuine danger . |
| 16 | A post in Italy , the nature of which I never fully learnt , save that it would be of sufficient importance to take me out of uniform if I were in it , fell through with Italy 's declaration of war . |
| 17 | ( Interestingly enough , I could n't get what I considered to be a good cup of coffee when I was in the States , so perhaps it 's a dying art … |
| 18 | I do n't think that caused malaria — I was bitten by a lot of mosquitoes while I was in East Africa . |
| 19 | ‘ I have my house and my car up for sale to help pay for costs when I 'm over there . |
| 20 | ‘ A part of your father 's gift I think you have , if you can learn not to deface it for spite because I am in the same world with you . ’ |
| 21 | We , it was when I went to , when I , we were doing something with maps when I was at school and they were trying to find out what , it was the , where the local rates where the money was spent for the local rates and one of projects was taken down the sewage works . |
| 22 | When I was out on the street , I was into crime and I was in prison all the time . |
| 23 | I never negotiated with Volvo and I am in a different position to Nick Faldo and Sandy Lyle . |
| 24 | They informed me that my Mom had been taken into hospital and I was to be taken into care until she recovered . |
| 25 | She came into Dorothy when I was on days there at the end of my first year . ’ |
| 26 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
| 27 | For example if I am in my late fifties and I have a mother in her early eighties and she dies I will grieve for her . |
| 28 | ‘ Two boys in Cincinnati when I was on vacation , and a boy named Mickey Swearinger and somebody else I do n't remember . ’ |
| 29 | " She 'd gone to see her parents in Hilderbridge and I was with mine in Jackley . " |
| 30 | You all so easily forget these names now , oh I do n't remember it , but the other , oh I remember old , eh mate of , he was second in command when I was in India , and he , he , he was a right character , he was a right chara |