Example sentences of "were [vb pp] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took another week before my photographs were developed and I saw the result of my airborne activities . |
| 2 | With the onset in the later stages of unmistakable labour pains in my lower abdomen all doubts were resolved and I knew I had to do something about it . |
| 3 | Sweets were produced and I remember going around with a bandaged head for a day or so . |
| 4 | ‘ John Flanagan decided changes were needed and I lost my place . |
| 5 | I have many memories of Eton : services in College Chapel , especially in winter when the lights were lit and I listened to the massed singing of a favourite hymn ; the Headmaster , Dr Alington , an Olympian figure in scarlet gown , taking " absence " on the chapel steps ; the Fourth of June , a festival peculiar to Eton , and fireworks bursting over the river ; the Field Game on winter afternoons while mist crept across the grounds ; the lamps in the High Street and crowds of boys hurrying back to their houses before " lock-up " . |
| 6 | I realized that the seats were numbered and I collected my bags and went in search of my proper seat . |
| 7 | All the spawning mops were removed and I hoped to see a shoal of young Cardinal Tetras . |
| 8 | On the fifth day the covers were removed and I saw a tiny fish swimming on the surface . |
| 9 | The parents were removed and I estimated that I had over a hundred eggs . |
| 10 | And Mum , if Dave and Anna call round for me tomorrow morning can you tell them we 've gone to the Prince Charles baths and to come there , and Mum , I went to the shoemender 's to collect my sandals , but they were shut and I need them for tomorrow evening because — Oh , thanks Mum . |