Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [conj] i [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My husband made me wait while I was in labour till a game finished ! |
| 2 | He said : ‘ A contact I made when I was in Croatia got in touch to tell me about the efforts of the villagers of Sumet , which is between Split and Mostar . |
| 3 | I mean if I was to s stand here and tell you that self-raising flour is classed as an X one , as a class one explosive dust |
| 4 | and would hang about for two or thr I mean when I was on the dredger them men would st they would come aboard the dredger and wait there , do nothing until the boat came up the river . |
| 5 | Because what is done , I mean when I was in hospital his mum used to that try and pick up |
| 6 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I realised that I was in a good position , I had a little bit of work , which fitted in with my family life . |
| 9 | I realised that I was in danger of being fooled by the maps . |
| 10 | I was , however , devoted to the three dogs I owned while I was at The Milebrook . |
| 11 | I checked while I was on my own . |
| 12 | And then he got , he got on the bus , it was a Midland Red and it was going to erm , er where , it was going out of town , anyway , and he shook hands with the driver , because I could n't help but , you know , notice what he was doing , and when I got when I was in the shop and getting the bread , the girls in there were telling me that he shook hands with them , because he had just got out of prison , and he was a born again Christian . |
| 13 | Oh well last I got out I found that I was about a foot too far forward out into the |
| 14 | Desert Mountain and Desert Highland in Scottsdale , Arizona , both designed by Jack Nicklaus , and Shoal Creek which I played when I was in college . |
| 15 | And it was true , I did and er , and I did reasonably well at most of the games that I play but er I played cricket for St John 's and I played when I was in the army at this last time and er , and erm , you , you know it 's I , I think if you make up your mind and you 're fit enough . |
| 16 | I noticed when I was at school the other day . |
| 17 | Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour . |
| 18 | I feel like I was behind glass , and for a moment I am reminded of my dream , but Jancey pulls me by the arm back into reality and asks , ‘ You want to come say hello to your friends ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ After he got back I felt like I was in a black hole , ’ groaned a disconsolate Wilkinson after his two hour defeat . |
| 20 | I meant that I was under the impression the Spaniards had strong beliefs about virginal brides and the sanctity of marriage and children and a strong family unit . ’ |
| 21 | I had rather been hoping that I might see somebody I knew while I was in the town , but the only people I saw were old Mackenzie in the gun and tackle shop and Mrs Stuart in the cafe , yawning and fat behind her Formica counters and reading a Mills & boon . |
| 22 | I dreamt that I was in Cardiff and in bed with the wife . |
| 23 | There was movement below me and I remembered that I was in the upper berth of a two-tier bunk and Iain had one of those wristwatches with a built-in alarm . |
| 24 | I think if I was about say Professor Lock that if I twelve was dispensed with you might notice a difference in terms of the application of I five . |
| 25 | VISITING LADY : [ to PAMELA ] Well , as he now urges you in so gentlemanly a manner for tomorrow , I think if I was in your place I would agree to it . |
| 26 | As Ted Wragg says : ‘ this list of subjects I did when I was at school in the 1950s . |
| 27 | So just just small movements of the feet I 'm not talking well there 's a classic one I had when I was at college we had a lecturer imagine a big lecture theatre you know two hundred people and there was there was a board and he presented his lecture like this , plenty of foot movement but he presented his lecture like and he just walked up and down . |
| 28 | Let me give you one or two specific examples , I 'm always interested , having been in a college for thirty five years in adult education , I 'm interested in the primary schools and I must admit I get more job satisfaction the moment we go in a primary schools than ever I had when I was in the college itself ! |
| 29 | BELVILLE : I fancy when I was of Pamela 's age I was pretty near as good as she . |
| 30 | The study of the Buddha made me feel that I was in the presence of a very great religious teacher , a man of great compassion , who diagnosed man 's original trouble as greed , desire , attachment , the escape from which was the treading of the Noble Eightfold Path . |