Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had lunch and then sat on the wheelbarrow swatting flies , neither willing to go further out of my way , nor to return , just in case I was on the right track . |
| 2 | But whereas my wife could have learnt in what direction I was from her had she heard me , there is nothing I can learn from it . |
| 3 | But I gave my genuine reason for returning earlier , which was the Arts Council 's monthly meeting , in which I was deeply interested and whose chairman I was at the time . |
| 4 | For a change I was in the right place at the right time and got a job , with housing , at the Folger Theatre in Washington DC . |
| 5 | K. M. I was on the Dingle Lane gate — Shell Mex place — and I 'd been down there a few months . |
| 6 | At all times someone was on watch for aircraft , and the nearer the coast they were , the slower they tended to travel , to cut down the dust plume . |
| 7 | On the conscious level I was at first glad to get back to school for the summer term . |
| 8 | Well that 's the kind I was after . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course I was on the same squadron as him for a time . ’ |
| 10 | Of course I was on Sunday , yes indeed . |
| 11 | ‘ Of course I was at the time . |
| 12 | Of course I was in a fever to hear again , but as his regiment was sent back into the line , I did not have further word till April , when he responded to that phrase with the comment : ‘ I think you would consider that this lily has grown into rather a thistle … seriously , though , I 'm not the same little lad you last saw ; I feel so much older because of my life in the last year . ’ |
| 13 | I was nineteen — of course I was in awe of you . |
| 14 | Well it was steady income I was in the house every night my wife was happy . |
| 15 | ‘ The following afternoon I was to be found in Green Park near Buckingham Palace with two ‘ smart ’ ladies in tow , the Hon Mrs This and That , and I had to photograph their hats . |
| 16 | The last branch I was in was very small , and I got a lot of feedback from them . |
| 17 | During that last sentence I was at Styal again and then at Askham Grange . |
| 18 | ‘ For a few minutes I was at peace with myself . ’ |
| 19 | Within minutes I was inside the camp , where I hoped to meet the tinkers who had tried to rob me at Killorglin . |
| 20 | Yeah your , here 's , here 's your Christmas present I was on the streets for that . |
| 21 | At times I was on the way down and the ball was on the way up . |
| 22 | Never mind Tuesday I was at placement the whole time and we sort of |
| 23 | At break I was on duty in the corridor telling people to get out and go around to the canteen not through the school . |
| 24 | Hurt by ‘ the ungenerous treatment which I met with from that very sex whose sufferings I was at so much pains to relieve ’ , he was glad to leave Aberdeen when recalled to active duty in the Royal Navy . |
| 25 | Er l After I finished my apprenticeship I was in a union . |
| 26 | The Italian the other children spoke in school was not a dialect like my Triestino and in many subjects I was in any case behind the others , a thought which made me very unhappy . |
| 27 | Although Chi Chi was forty-six or so , he could still play some , and in the eighteen months I was with him he actually broke two course records on the tour . |
| 28 | During the first two months I was on a King 's Kids Outreach Tour . |
| 29 | During the seven and a half months I was on C1 I went to Crown Court twice , and each time I got remanded back into Holloway . |
| 30 | Actually , I did n't go to the hairdresser once during the five months I was in Private Lives and my hair became healthier from not being subjected to heated rollers or setting lotion . |