Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not of that minority , but the argument sharpened my concern for the education of the most-talented pupils — a concern that was to run through my last years in Banbury and into my work in Oxford . |
| 2 | But I was not of that age , had no desire to learn programming languages , and had undergone game aversion therapy . |
| 3 | So orders were given that I was not under any condition to open that thing unless I knew who was there . |
| 4 | When I bought Irving Scholar 's Tottenham stake in June 1991 I was not in any position to judge Terry 's talent for business . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I just woke up one morning and I felt glad to be alive , and glad that I was n't on this earth on my own , that there were other people to share it with me and help me get through my life . ’ |
| 6 | I was n't at all kind , and that 's been on my conscience ever since . ’ |
| 7 | I was n't at any party . |
| 8 | ‘ I was n't under any pressure so I kept on going , but I could have gone miles faster . |
| 9 | as if I was n't in enough trouble with the cab company already — blood all over the place ! ’ |
| 10 | I 'd just been making a documentary about real heroes and I was n't in any mood to put up with actors who were only heroic on screen . |
| 11 | And it was just me arm and me hand and me face that were were burnt and and at that the time I mean I was n't in any pain and I think there was more serious ones to be dealt with . |
| 12 | I was n't in any danger . ’ |
| 13 | I knew I was n't in any danger . |
| 14 | I thought I was in for another evening of getting slightly drunk on my own . ’ |
| 15 | He might not have involved himself too much in the day-to-day running of the club , yet I was never in any doubt as to who made the final decisions . |
| 16 | I was never in any doubt that Russell would be successful as a pro and I do n't believe we have seen anything like the best of him yet . |
| 17 | ‘ All I did was come out for a walk before going to bed , and I was about by that place where the bank 's caved in , when somebody jumped me from behind . |
| 18 | Sound of the train getting closer and before I knew it I was out on that street pushing the trolley . |
| 19 | I was out of this conversation . |
| 20 | I I I was certainly with that question has been recorded and I I ca n't answer immediately but obviously you you what you 've said we 'll take that up with the management committee and come back to you straight away . |
| 21 | ‘ I slipped it in my pocket and forgot about it till one day when I was down at yon ford and I took a swig and , by God , it 's potent . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I told her I 'd try and see you while I was down in this part of the world . ’ |
| 23 | I was back to that school chapel with the chaplain doing his Goddest to get me to sign on the dotted line and hand over my soul . |
| 24 | I shot him between the eyes and then I was off , down the smallest streets , and I did n't stop pedalling until I was back in this Villa Baderini , which , as a matter of fact , used to be my father 's . |
| 25 | I was there for another month , then they sent me to Bullwood Hall . |
| 26 | ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline . |
| 27 | Actually , I am not sure that I was there on that night of his arrival , and I do n't claim to remember all the details or to have been as impressed by his appearance , framed in the doorway , as some people I drink with do ; I think they just want to talk about their witnessing his first appearance that way — as if he was an angel or something extraordinary — because of what went on to happen later . |
| 28 | I was only in that post for two years , but during that period we closed a lot of works . |
| 29 | On September 3rd I was indeed in that Church when war was declared . |
| 30 | I was once in that position , together with my former colleague the hon. Member for Dunfermline , West ( Mr. Douglas ) , who is now a member of the Scottish National party . |