Example sentences of "a [noun sg] i [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Miss Plum walks through the playground carrying two heavy bags , and in a flash I am beside her , smiling a face full of teeth like Tom in a Tom and Jerry cartoon . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A girl I was at school with , her mother runs it . |
| 4 | When that finally came to a crisis I was within four days of complete paralysis . |
| 5 | Once everybody else has gone off and done their bit , I 've either got a job I 'm in the middle of doing or I 'll plan some work for another time . |
| 6 | for a while I was in the Air Force and then I lived in various parts of the country . |
| 7 | Ben sped from the blocks with his usual electric start in the final , and for a while I was behind Desai Williams , but then I started to come through strongly . |
| 8 | I found them , and in a minute I was in the first room , where Bersonin and Detchard were . |
| 9 | When I was a teenager I was in the middle of a techno revolution , listening to Japanese avant-garde , techno and new rave bands . |
| 10 | When I was a kid I was in a house that got stuck . ’ |
| 11 | Do I , she asked herself , imagine that because I have lost a man I am in the same category as spotty Betty ? |