Example sentences of "i was [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last week I was gutted at the sale of Batts , but last night I was so happy that the scum failed . |
| 2 | ‘ When Boro played Peterborough United in the Rumbelows League Cup I was cheering on the lads . |
| 3 | I knew that when at last I was demobilised from the Waaf I would have to return to my peacetime occupation as a secretary in London , for the simple reason that my employers had been paying me my full salary all the time I had been in the Forces , that is , making up the difference between my Waaf pay and what I would have been earning with them . |
| 4 | Assuming that I 'd been able to drag the dinghy in a fairly straight line — though I might have gone astray a bit when I was stumbling in the mud — Joanna should be lying more or less straight ahead , and a good deal nearer than when I 'd left , for it was near high water then , and now it was about the last of the ebb . |
| 5 | Micheline sounded excited to hear from me and I was invited to the group 's meeting a few weeks later . |
| 6 | I was invited to the school in the village of Atgor . |
| 7 | I was invited to the Royal Premiere in London to view the production before it came to our theatre . |
| 8 | A few years back I was invited by the Church of England to be an ecumenical guest at a consultation , held at Ely , on the charismatic renewal movement . |
| 9 | I was invited by the owners of a struggling estate in Bardez province to look around their 300-year-old house . |
| 10 | Because I must have been noticed , I was invited by the families to play in mixed doubles . |
| 11 | Recently , I was invited inside the hallowed walls of Eastleigh Works , usually the domain of British Rail Engineering Limited but during weekends partly dedicated to ERPS , the Eastleigh Railway Preservation Society . |
| 12 | ‘ Of all the low points I suffered , one of the worst was when I was deprived of the chance of winning a third world cross country title because I was n't allowed to compete in 1988 , ’ explained the 26-year-old . |
| 13 | After the shock , I was warmed by the idea that the visitor was Jesus or an angel , and then terrified by the thought that it was an omen of my death . |
| 14 | I was escorted to the fifth floor and shown in to a riverside suite which was named after Sir Charles Chaplin , because he always used to stay there when he visited London . |
| 15 | I was escorted around the prison by members of the Prison Officers Association . |
| 16 | The fact that the ordnance survey map of Ben Lawers proudly declared a Visitor Centre at the base left me no choice in the route I was to take to the top . |
| 17 | I was called to the administration block of the hospital and later went to register the death , and to make an appointment with an undertaker — this was for ten o'clock the next morning . |
| 18 | One such dreadful night I was called to the gate house by Mr Rideout , our so loyal and efficient gate porter . |
| 19 | So , imagine my relief when I was called to the front porch , and I was greeted by a cheery ‘ American Red Cross reporting for duty Ma'am . |
| 20 | The first week in July I was called to the Malet Street premises of the University . |
| 21 | I was called from the incident room by the desk sergeant who recognised her . |
| 22 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 23 | There were a lot of distractions , and I was looking for the . |
| 24 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , I was looking for the loo , ’ I said as casually as I could . |
| 26 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 27 | I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know . |
| 28 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |
| 29 | I was looking for the Mr because I remembered I said I would be here in this session and I 'd forgotten . |
| 30 | ‘ I was looking for the bathroom , and I surprised him — it was an accident . |