Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My flower — the one that I remember best out of many — was gathered where I said it had been . |
| 2 | I already had permission to search all the surrounding fields , so I waited until the field was harvested before I gave it a thorough going over with my detector . |
| 3 | I was shattered when I met you last . |
| 4 | His voice was muffled and I thought he was trembling . |
| 5 | I rushed him to hospital and the doctor asked how it was done and I said he 'd fallen over on the step . |
| 6 | Not at the time no it did n't it bothered me when it was done because I thought you 've probably done something and the outcome would be that so at the time it did n't bother me because I was n't interested in the situation |
| 7 | The 1855 treaty was finally ratified in 1859 , with Old Joseph commenting : ‘ The line was made as I wanted it , not for me but my children that will follow me . |
| 8 | ‘ He was gobsmacked when I told him mine was a replica . ’ |
| 9 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 10 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
| 11 | I was asked if I wished my name to be withdrawn a second time but I declined , feeling it would be wrong to have to continue to rely on the goodwill and hospitality of friends in order to continue playing . |
| 12 | We spent a day together when it was finished because I knew there was going to be a fuss . |
| 13 | I was warned if I said anything there would broken windows : I would be assaulted and my children too . ’ |
| 14 | But I have been divorced 30 years and know I 'd feel the same as the man who was jailed if I found my wife in the arms of someone else . |
| 15 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 16 | All I was told is that you 're getting twelve months guarantee , but you 've got to have a three thousand mile service , and as the gentleman said erm I recorded the deliveries and sent them all back and on the third one , when I took it in I asked if they 'd put a new set of points in for me and erm unfortunately when it came out there was no compression at all and because because I it was suggested that I dug my heels in a bit and got an independent report and erm basically they told me to get lost because it cost fifty pound to do the report . |