Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was trundling out the obvious . ’ |
| 2 | He stopped working , had a look round to see if anyone was watching — I was pretending not to look at him — and then he held his head . |
| 3 | I goes what ? , oh do n't worry , I was pretending not to hear what she was saying cos she misses it after a while , thought |
| 4 | It was the kind of illogical fear of the supernatural that in others made me sneer ; but all along I had felt that I was invited not out of hospitality , but for some other reason . |
| 5 | Because er because I was invited on to speak about current educational issues |
| 6 | Through the communicating voice tube I was invited up to the bridge . |
| 7 | For lunch , I was invited home by , and met a group of teachers from CIEFL . |
| 8 | Three weeks ago I was invited down to a meeting of water workers . |
| 9 | She was hard at work in her jealously private workshop , though she called in briefly at the library from time to time , and I was invited back to the Lodge for meals some evenings . |
| 10 | I was invited back to Clandeboye after the game by some other friendly Bangor folk . |
| 11 | Last weekend I was invited out to Sunday lunch by the young teacher who is involved in organizing this course . |
| 12 | Thursday , 18th : After the day 's programme , I was invited out by , a local participant , to visit another garden of the Moghul era , where we saw a son-et-lumière celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Jaipur by the Maharajah Jai Singh . |
| 13 | I was situated immediately behind the cameraman , being at the organ and playing for the service . |
| 14 | ‘ I was spoiled long ago by that maudlin old wreck you bought for me , what more can happen to me now ? |
| 15 | I was just about to say I expect you could really make a mess if you tried and then I realized I was covered in and I 'd better shut up . |
| 16 | It was agreed the next day that I was run down . |
| 17 | After the game I immediately went to hospital , where I was detained overnight . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I was called over so Zoff could put some questions to Paul , they were about training and that 's all I can say about it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ He has been seized with his fits three times in the space of seven days , ’ Coleridge wrote to Joseph Cottle on 15 March ; ‘ and just as I was in bed , last night , I was called up again — and from 12 o clock at night to five this morning he remained in one continued state of agoniz 'd Delirium . ’ |
| 20 | One morning I was called up in front of the 2ème Bureau and walked into an office to be interviewed by three Sergeants who spoke perfect English . |
| 21 | At eighteen , I was called up for the Army and I was three years there . |
| 22 | As it happened my ‘ tablees ’ were fine and fun-filled and the only remaining knee jerk came after the Duchess had made an excellent speech and I was called up before 150 people for the photo call , which turned out to be a speech . |
| 23 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 24 | And then from there , in nineteen forty three , I was called up . |
| 25 | ‘ Tell her — tell her I 'm sorry , but I had to leave suddenly , that I was called away … ’ |
| 26 | I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’ |
| 27 | I was called away one morning , somebody came along to me and said will you come along to Street , there 's a chap playing up , old Harry , he 's trying to build a shed or something and it 's two o'clock in the morning , none of us can sleep , do come along with me . |
| 28 | And er I was called there so I told them . |
| 29 | A week later I was called back to Downing Street by Margaret Thatcher and told that I was taking over the Department of Health and Social Security and also the question-and-answer session . |
| 30 | ‘ Hardly had I arrived there than I was called back to entertain Princess Margaret , who was paying a visit to the studio , ’ recalls executive producer Peter . |