Example sentences of "[coord] i was [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or I was detached from it . |
| 2 | The media commentary on this first Report concentrated on this exclusion , and I was pilloried in the Sunday Times for blacklisting Enid Blyton 's Noddy . |
| 3 | I eased the wheel up , drawing Wavebreaker 's bows harder into the sea and wind , and I was rewarded with another shattering of white spray that exploded prettily about our bows before I let the hull fall away once more . |
| 4 | By now however , it was obvious that the aircraft would not even sustain level flight , and I was faced with landing out . |
| 5 | It was as if an addictive drug had been withdrawn and I was faced with the reality of life and had forgotten what to do with it . |
| 6 | But then the work collapsed and I was faced with how empty my days were . |
| 7 | You took a taxi and I was discovered with a length of picture cord around my neck … ’ |
| 8 | I was a railway porter 's son and I was discovered by a man who had a discovery show just like Opportunity Knocks . |
| 9 | I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit . |
| 10 | In the light of this and a vivid description of an unexpected home delivery to my husband — we were taking no chances — and I was rushed to the Birmingham Maternity Hospital , with 5 minute contractions , the evening before the 2nd Estimated Day Delivery with what turned out to be a false alarm ! |
| 11 | ‘ — and I was placed between Harry Burrows and Piers Langley and they told me all about hunting round here and really it was so interesting that I hardly noticed what we ate , some sort of fish and pheasant I think and , oh yes , there was an ice but by that stage , you know , I did n't have the smallest corner to put in so much as a mouthful — ’ |
| 12 | I 'd gone into Woolworth 's in Reading and stolen a couple of things from there , and I was hanging around the car park . |
| 13 | And I was born at Thorn House in Birkleigh . ’ |
| 14 | I understood what I had seen in the dream when I learned the words " gaberdine " and " mahogany " ; and I was born in the year of the New Look , understood by 1951 and the birth of my sister , that dresses needing twenty yards for a skirt were items as expensive as children — more expensive really , because after 1948 babies came relatively cheap , on tides of free milk and orange juice , but good cloth in any quantity was hard to find for a very long time . |
| 15 | ‘ Edward was born in London and I was born in Russia . |
| 16 | My name is Aled Pierce and I was born in the on November the eighth nineteen ten . |
| 17 | Well plainly erm whatever the er Yorkshire people may think and I was born in Nottinghamshire , erm that it is you know you can not say it is absolutely unique . |
| 18 | I felt fear at this moment but it passed and I was calmed in thought when the sensation passed . |
| 19 | What I did there was I had my Trio preamp going through a Boogie 295 power amp into a couple of Boogie Black Shadow speaker cabs and I was switching between that setup and the Fender Twin . |
| 20 | My employment with CBC began at the salary of $150. per month which was very acceptable , and I was assigned to the newly created post as Talks Producer . |
| 21 | A hand fastened like an iron clamp on my shoulder and I was flung off her , Ward bending down and shouting at her , ‘ Ye silly , stupid bitch ! ’ |
| 22 | No sooner had I thrown it into the toilet than it exploded and I was spattered with the pan 's contents . |
| 23 | And in fact in the early stages I got one man working for me and er I went back into teaching again for a short time to help out at a school where the the the teacher was ill , and I was teaching in the morning and then doing two-man jobs in the afternoon , and he was doing one man jobs in the morning . |
| 24 | Do you know when I went out to the maths thing I was waiting for , I was there and I was heard about these forgotten a calculator ! |
| 25 | A neighbour sent for us to take shelter in a basement further along the street , and I was dragged along Arthur Street . |
| 26 | Micheline sounded excited to hear from me and I was invited to the group 's meeting a few weeks later . |
| 27 | I went to erm the guy I work with is a Belgian and I was invited to his birthday party . |
| 28 | The ambulance came and I was filled with delicious brandy but was instantly sick when I got to Imtarfa Hospital . |
| 29 | Now this — Ruth Cohen and her stolen file , and I was filled with the same strange , tingling excitement . |
| 30 | ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . |