Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following morning my crew and I were up at 4 am when the tide lifted us . |
| 2 | A few pints later , when the Vomits were doing their first encore , Jamie and I were up dancing , jumping up and down , Jamie shouting and clapping his hands and dancing about on my shoulders . |
| 3 | No I 've eaten more bloody stuff while I were up there last week meant for a star , bought chocolate |
| 4 | You know when I were up at Darren 's |
| 5 | when I were up at Darren 's . |
| 6 | I did n't sleep in , I were up . |
| 7 | And t' other week I were up there and I I was just asking woman just as a matter of interest love , I said , how much . |
| 8 | while I were on |
| 9 | Anyway , er she come about aye , that 's what I were on about , I says , d' ya know I feel right sorry for Maggie out the lot of you ! |
| 10 | I were on about that today , I ca n't remember who I talked to . |
| 11 | Now what we 're on about yeah as I were on about , that er what I do is , with days like this , cos you can never guarantee if they 're gon na be dry , wet or what , so I watch to see if it rains , if it do n't they 're virtually dry when I fetch them in . |
| 12 | I wondered if he thought Dana and I were about to tie the knot , or whether he was thinking of us individually — the latter , I think , because he had warned me against marriage once or twice before when I had shown what he regarded as too much interest in a woman friend . |
| 13 | I felt as though I were about to undergo an important test . ’ |
| 14 | She and I were about to have a glass of champagne . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The table I write on , I say , exists , that is , I see and feel it ; and if I were out of my study I should say it existed , meaning thereby that if I was in my study I might perceive it . ’ |
| 16 | My girlfriends and I were out making the passeggiata . |
| 17 | Brian and I were out riding one morning when we suddenly heard heavy firing ahead of us . |
| 18 | Er well I were out of work and er municipal elections used to come in November . |
| 19 | Soon Jacob and I were out on the lonely , snow-covered hills . |
| 20 | This he duly did while Eric and I were out flying kites . |
| 21 | ‘ Rastani and I were out of the Tower . |
| 22 | Nan and I were out shopping . |
| 23 | so he said I said I do n't have to tell you where I were last night David , I were out , so I said even if I were in it 's none of your concern I said what I do in my private time is up to me , he said well why was n't you there ? |
| 24 | It was as if I were back in Roman times . |
| 25 | I desired with almost sickening intensity something never to be described ( except that it is cold , spacious , severe , pale and remote ) and then , as in the other examples , found myself at the very same moment already falling out of that desire and wishing I were back in it . |
| 26 | When I was at school I hated it , but when I left I wished I were back there . |
| 27 | The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe . |
| 28 | I stammered out a fairly acceptable reason for declining their invitation to make a personal appearance at the songs premiere , and very shortly Mala and I were back on our ship as Posi took us off-planet , with much relief all round . |
| 29 | as if I were back at university . |
| 30 | Well er it was only I 'd been a wee while at er Birsay and a wee while at Crantit till I were back at Holland but it was a different farm I was in then it was a bit different . |