Example sentences of "i [was/were] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Well I 'm not stupid , I mean I was n't stu , when I was at the junior schools in the country I was n't stupid |
2 | I was at the antenatal clinic . |
3 | Leeds ' disallowed first half goal , just after the canaries ' one , looked good to me but I was at the other end of the pitch peering through the floodlit rainstorm . |
4 | I was at the first one when I was fifteen . |
5 | But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door . |
6 | A little later , I stood nervously beside my bag , hoping that I was at the right bus stop for Sligo . |
7 | I was at the recent launch of Opportunity 2000 , an excellent initiative by Business in the Community . |
8 | I was at the Royal Academy this year , and the portraits there were almost universally vile . |
9 | I write to say how appalled I was at the bad manners of BAIE members at the Editing for Industry awards dinner in Torquay . |
10 | In 1974 I was at the National Theatre doing Shakespeare with Sir John Gielgud and whenever there was a play it was in repertory form , so another play came on and I had five days off , so I 'd fly to Toronto , have a three day ‘ loon ’ in Canada and then come back . |
11 | ‘ I was at the National Theatre doing a play about a flying picket called Line ‘ Em by Nigel Williams . |
12 | I was at the top end one , and all the draught come through the door , paralysed me . |
13 | ‘ I was at the first-night party of Come Blow Your Horn , ’ said Braden , ‘ and remember being completely fooled by his American accent in the play , so I was very surprised to hear him talking in an English accent afterwards . ’ |
14 | I remember when I was at the Open University , the people who were engaged in implementing Open University programmes in the States , who were the deans in charge of the Open University experiments , were all women and all ‘ marginal ’ to the mainline male career people . |
15 | They put a lot of effort into it , but I tell you what , if I read Access , I would never have believed I was at the same conference . |
16 | Thank you Chair , as the chair of that meeting yesterday , I was wondering if I was at the same committee as this m these minutes came from , because when I read the minutes two and three , I certainly did n't remember us passing those . |
17 | Must say , I know some of you do n't like boxing , erm , I was at the last tournament in Honiton . |
18 | I was at the last Olympics and it was a tremendous experience . |
19 | I was at the Old Bailey , spent about two weeks there — I had the London detective with me . |
20 | I was at the local convent school from twelve to eighteen years old and I was considered clever but ‘ strange ’ . |
21 | I was at the local high school . |
22 | While I was at the local Further Education College I met Michael . |