Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [conj] i [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bit the shell of one and gave the kernel to her , and then bit another and pretended it had broken one of my teeth and I was in too much pain . ’ |
| 2 | It was the day I had taken my last exam in my finals so I was on a high anyway . |
| 3 | Good job I learnt my tables when I was at school ! |
| 4 | Another time my friend and I were in bed , I heard the woman shout , ‘ Are the two ladies in bed yet ? ’ 'Yes , Ma , ’ was the reply . |
| 5 | In the book I quote a letter from my father when I was at Cambridge , and I remember talking to my father about the National Gallery as early as 1928 . |
| 6 | S. H. One night , I was on duty in town and my mate and I was in Renshaw Street and the Chief Constable came along in civvies and said : ‘ Report yourself , gossiping on the beat . ’ |
| 7 | Frances told me about their life in Cornwall and I felt for the first time in my life that I was among people of an older generation that I understood , real people . |
| 8 | ‘ I was 17 years old when I committed the offence for which I was sentenced to die , and I did n't even start thinking and caring about my life until I was at least 20 . ’ |
| 9 | My friends and I were of the resistance . |
| 10 | and my Japanese when I was in the States found the leaflet and when I cam back she said would n't this be of interest to you for my own and then she said and what about your project because there will be people there who write and dead dead true . |
| 11 | Calling in at Lowestoft I found to my surprise that I was on the promotion list and viewed the prospect with mixed feelings as at the time this meant that I would no longer be eligible to crew on the cutters . |
| 12 | ‘ They 've also managed to get into my house while I was at work . |
| 13 | Their natural children are very well qualified academically — they only played tennis — but my brother and I were into sport . |
| 14 | Ladies and gentlemen , chairman er at eighteen minutes to two er my colleagues and I were in interview with the Liberal Democrat er Group er for this so called discussion . |
| 15 | Once I waited so long and stayed so late that I gave myself away to Syl , who had called in the usual way at the front door , to be told by my mother that I was in the summer-house and he should go and bring me out and back to the drawing-room where , like normal people , we should converse . |
| 16 | My mother and I were in the garden . |
| 17 | My mother and I were in the kitchen when I saw him and involuntarily said , ‘ My God , he looks as though he 's … ’ |
| 18 | I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them . |
| 19 | ‘ It was through their trust that I was in this unique position to walk among them , and I felt I owed it to them not to let them down . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What I would like to know is why you saw fit to tell barefaced lies to your grandmother while your Dad and I were on holiday . ’ |