Example sentences of "[pron] was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time I was of the same colouring ( there 's a portrait of me hanging at Burpham ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Ken , of course , was fairly right-wing and I was of the opposite persuasion . ’ |
| 3 | I was of the opinion that when the plans for the new St Augustine 's School were under discussion that the number of proposed school places was too low . |
| 4 | However , there was an entrance fee and I was beyond the stage of paying those so I decided to try and shelter somewhere else . |
| 5 | I could n't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital . |
| 6 | I found I was outside the tent , standing up with my jacket clutched to me , the better to see them . |
| 7 | I was outside the chapel when I heard them … the Empress and my lord Sheriff … |
| 8 | ‘ I was outside the hall leafleting when the debate was called . |
| 9 | I was outside the door , listening . |
| 10 | and I was outside the door . |
| 11 | I was over the moon for Tom , but I was also cold , wet , and in agony with my legs . |
| 12 | I was over the moon . |
| 13 | I was over the moon at the thought of showing my pals and class-mates a real American dollar . |
| 14 | I was over the moon . |
| 15 | That was hard work all the time , my hands my hands used to chap on the backs , used to chap hands and that was only , I was over the wind , I wind and , and er when I used to scrub the cabin out which was with washing soda and soft soap and when you went along cos that was you get , you get erm , ordinary washing soda on the back of your hands and they did n't supply anything then . |
| 16 | I was over the moon — although this only lasted for about a year as I paid a visit with some friends to see the 1991 ‘ Sound Off Championships ’ at Wembley . |
| 17 | But I then put the Whitley into the most desperate dive , everything in the cabin was floating , and before the Foxes could turn round and do anything about , it I was over the Channel , I landed at Manston where I was put under arrest immediately . |
| 18 | I was over the moon . |
| 19 | ‘ When I found out they were still alive I was over the moon . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I was over the moon , ’ she said . |
| 21 | ‘ I was under the impression you despised sympathy , Miss Fanshawe . ’ |
| 22 | The fine statues on the topmost balconies of the Ayuntamiento and framing the moonlike clock-face gestured against the midnight skies , and at once I was under the spell of the past . |
| 23 | I was under the influence of a power a million times stronger than any drug . |
| 24 | He recalled , ‘ I was under the pressure of being a family man with a daughter , and one day I accepted a job to act in a movie in the day-time and was writing another movie at night . |
| 25 | I was under the impression all the time that she was Elizabeth Taylor . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ All my school life , I was under the impression I was not completely stupid but pretty dumb so I never had that oomph . |
| 27 | Now , I can hold my liquor as well as the next man , so it is ludicrous to suggest that when I reversed the club van into the tea hut I was under the influence . |
| 28 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
| 29 | He persuaded them that I was not employed by the Government , explaining that I was under the Emperor 5 personal protection , which accounted for my escort of soldiers . |
| 30 | ‘ I was under the impression that he had . ’ |