Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody explained to me what this meant , and because she had a hard and heavy hand , which she used freely on her husband as well as me , I supposed that Joe and I were both brought up by hand . |
| 2 | On my perch , arms wrapped tightly round the shrouds , I was alternately laid back over the deck and thrust out over the water . |
| 3 | I was frequently called out of my classes to interpret for him , and it began to be assumed that he would never talk at all . |
| 4 | I was nearly chucked out for that , I left before they could chuck me out , actually . |
| 5 | ‘ I must do just a few more menial things before I go to bed ’ or , more oddly , ‘ I was nearly run over on my menial way this morning . ’ |
| 6 | I was nearly run over in New Palace Yard after the vote by the surge of Jaguars roaring out of the carpark and off to the country for the weekend . |
| 7 | I was just telling our Daniel , I was right put off by what passes for tea on t'railways these days : I could n't stomach no more . |
| 8 | So I I fucking get it right , say something , I was right pissed off by this time , next , I , I , I stood out and step forward fucking get closer sort of thing and say something and that was it , . |
| 9 | For a short time I was completely clammed up with Marian because I had never been allowed to talk about myself with my wife . |
| 10 | I said I was rather tied up at the school over most week-ends ; though the half-term holiday was the week-end after next and I might just be in Athens then — but I could n't be sure . |
| 11 | Numerous operations were performed , until , as Charlie says , ‘ I was eventually shipped back to the States on the Queen Mary and was so happy to see the Statue of Liberty again . |
| 12 | How they did n't see me , I 'll never know , 'cos I was just huddled up in the corner of the alley . |
| 13 | having your normal period was n't ever mentioned , I was just sent along to the lav , my sister came with me , she said ‘ you wear this ’ , and that was that — My mother never even mentioned it … you got married and you had children , I did n't know there was such a thing that you could not have them and it just went on and on . |
| 14 | I was just fed up with the whole situation . |
| 15 | Yeah but I was just got out of it , not very good at it . |
| 16 | I thought you were her lover , someone she 'd never told me about , and I was just knocked back by all the emotions I felt . |
| 17 | I was also spurred on by Frank Dick 's remarks after Ade 's win in the Championships . |
| 18 | ’ I was also bowled over by T J Davies ' rewrite of The Waste Land : ‘ April is the cruellest month , breeding/Bluebells out of the red land , mixing/Amnesia and greed , stirring/Dull boots without spring rain . |
| 19 | My initial perceptions of a college of further education might have begun on a lofty plane , but I was soon brought down to earth with a bump . |
| 20 | I was duly slapped down by my more knowledgeable tectonic seniors , and tried to forget the brief publication in question , but later work has now led me to suspect that I might have been right after all . |
| 21 | Anyway , by that stage I was already pissed off after the result in Dublin . |
| 22 | I was actually brought up by my Aunt Queen , along with her five children , because my mother was working all day and most of the night running the eel shops . |
| 23 | I had the epidural injection in the base of my spine and then I was all rigged up to a machine so the nurses could monitor the baby 's movements . |
| 24 | Except that I was all caught up in it , the romance and everything and the sunshine . |
| 25 | There I was congratulating myself on surviving the winter without so much as a sniffle , when I was suddenly struck down without warning . |
| 26 | ‘ I guess I was never cut out for exam situations . |
| 27 | It was when I was voted off the school council and I was really broken up about that and I suppose I forgot to post it … |
| 28 | And they were interviewing this feller , he said , oh we went for a day out he said and I 'd just bought this car and I was really made up with it he said |
| 29 | I was really choked up for a moment . |
| 30 | I was really cheesed off with that |