Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly due to my lack of marquetry expertise I was drawn towards the three veneer section , and E.J. Higgs ‘ Light Music ’ ( left ) won third prize in the class . |
| 2 | That 's the story I was thinking you were doing it today erm it 's called the green knight , but he has a name does n't he ? |
| 3 | Indeed the BBC does send urgent tapes in taxis and you are supposed to avoid tube trains but the story I was told gave a different explanation . |
| 4 | One Croat student said : ‘ On the day of the referendum I was woken up very early in the morning . |
| 5 | In my own case I was given a section — a small area in the central division — with just over 300 crimes per year . |
| 6 | In this case I was chairing a " Report Extra Special " , as well as editing it . |
| 7 | ‘ In any case I was born in World 's End , everyone there has been very good to me . ’ |
| 8 | But you dare n't take the risk of trying it on in case I was calling your bluff and would refuse you . |
| 9 | I was a little unsettled by the fury of the blizzard , and hugged the top of the ridge all the way along , but avoided taking in the top due west of Cairn Gorm in case I was blown off my feet . |
| 10 | I just wanted a reason for having been out , in case I was caught coming back . ’ |
| 11 | Shortly after the case I was walking down the street and a policeman went past , laughed sneeringly and said , ‘ Got you , did n't we ? ’ |
| 12 | When they reached their van they drove off a short distance in case I was observing them . |
| 13 | today I 'll do my hair tomorrow just in case I was going |
| 14 | So I dressed and waited in my room , in case I was needed . |
| 15 | I was always on my guard , always playing the ‘ macho ’ role but always worried sick in case I was found out . |
| 16 | I found a road away from the beach , and walked very quietly and carefully along , in case I was attacked . |
| 17 | And sor sort out which direction I was going . |
| 18 | In his memoirs , O'Neill offers an unconvincing explanation for this major concession ; ‘ I was fully aware of the advantage I was giving the Republicans as all the votes would take place well within the new president 's honeymoon period . |
| 19 | He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count . |
| 20 | I remember this very handsome young subaltern I was dancing with … ’ |
| 21 | At one point , I was overtaken by two cars travelling along the narrow twisting country lane I was paralleling , and there was hardly any wind about , either . |
| 22 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
| 23 | In the recent cup tie at Stradey Park I was saddened to see their lack of commitment , but a recent big win at Newport has given them more confidence and I think that we should watch out for them next season . |
| 24 | Wrapped in a white towelling robe I was making my way back towards my room when I encountered a tall bearded man clad only in a towel . |
| 25 | I waved aside her gratitude , being much more keenly preoccupied by the difficulty I was having in making myself stand upright without hanging on to something . |
| 26 | The only time I 've ever frozen in an exam was when I 'd gone for three exams solid without kip , one after the other , and I just brain and the other ones were a real struggle and I had to graft my marks out of solid granite y'know I was chiselling away . |
| 27 | In his account of the final stage , it is as if the unheard melody of which he had some intimation suddenly becomes audible and transposes all his experience into its terms : In my prayer I was reaching out to heaven with heartfelt longing when I became aware , in a way I can not explain , of a symphony of song , and in myself I sensed a corresponding harmony at once wholly delectable and heavenly , which persisted in my mind . |
| 28 | It 's a bit I was thinking of doing it wider . |
| 29 | I told Mum I was going to make up a quarrel with Shirnette . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's just the kind I was talking about , ’ said Garvey over his shoulder . |