Example sentences of "and [pers pn] was [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hoped there was somewhere to sit down , it was nearly half-past eleven and I was worn out and hot and sticky with all this wandering . |
| 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 | Higgins always opened each Boxing Day morning and I was dispatched to buy their own brand of ‘ Carminative Cordial ’ . |
| 5 | Now we will get a four , " and I was roped in to play each evening . |
| 6 | But then she looked at me — and I was lost ! |
| 7 | There I am laughing to myself , I thought you stu , and I was lost , you know ! |
| 8 | Like , I did it for three nights and I was wrecked ! ’ |
| 9 | By now however , it was obvious that the aircraft would not even sustain level flight , and I was faced with landing out . |
| 10 | It was as if an addictive drug had been withdrawn and I was faced with the reality of life and had forgotten what to do with it . |
| 11 | But then the work collapsed and I was faced with how empty my days were . |
| 12 | I was a railway porter 's son and I was discovered by a man who had a discovery show just like Opportunity Knocks . |
| 13 | You took a taxi and I was discovered with a length of picture cord around my neck … ’ |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ — 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 — ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But daddy 's English and I was born here . |
| 18 | My parents were 21 when they wed , and I was born 10 months later . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Edward was born in London and I was born in Russia . |
| 21 | Anyway he went about in railway jobs as the years went by and I was born in , taken with the rest to Leicester , City of Leicester , but my early memories was in Nottingham . |
| 22 | My name is Aled Pierce and I was born in the on November the eighth nineteen ten . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And I was born the same day . |
| 25 | And I was born at Thorn House in Birkleigh . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've never been so near to causing a dock strike , ’ says Chris , who adds : ‘ I could n't apologise quickly enough and I was forgiven . |
| 27 | I felt fear at this moment but it passed and I was calmed in thought when the sensation passed . |
| 28 | They gave up in disgust and I was waved through , saluted by the spotty boy . |
| 29 | I was told there was an acting scholarship going and I was broke so I took an audition and by a marvellous chance , won the scholarship . |
| 30 | 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 . |