Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I was invited to the Royal Premiere in London to view the production before it came to our theatre . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | And er I was dragging behind a few paces and the headmaster was watching out of his study window you see ? |
5 | 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 . |
6 | I was looking for a good and intelligent woman to love — ’ |
7 | Slater says : ‘ I was looking for a new challenge and I am confident that this club will win honours . ’ |
8 | I was looking for a 4 × 4 vehicle and either building could have housed this year 's import quota . |
9 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
10 | When I meet women from other countries and they talk about Western feminism and Third World feminism , I did n't see it that way at all I was looking for a political party and I found that I could n't find any which suited my political beliefs and a party that combined Third World and British issues . |
11 | At £12,260 the Aura TD is not particularly cheap but it would certainly be near the top of my shopping list if I was looking for a medium-sized diesel hatchback . |
12 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
13 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |
14 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
15 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
16 | I was looking to a broader concept than that of agency when considering the responsibility of the creditors in ‘ leaving the matter to the son to obtain the signatures of the parents . ’ |
17 | At one time it was quite obvious that his main sponsor , Essex Petroleum , run by the flamboyant American ex-decorator and former Brussels bus-boy , David Thieme , was in some sort of dire trouble and that this trouble was bound to affect Team Lotus as it did ; Chapman knew I was looking into the complex affairs of Thieme and Thieme 's longstanding relations with Lotus . |
18 | Most people said I should get probation , but I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of three to five years . |
19 | ‘ In particular , I was looking at the environmental regulations and how [ or even if ] they are enforced . |
20 | The statement was unnecessary , since I was looking at the forward preceptor screens , which showed a silvery shimmer like visible white noise . |
21 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
22 | No I was looking at the other one . |
23 | Now I was looking at the other fella a strong comparison , I was mixing him up with I |
24 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
25 | I was seven and I was I went to a neighbour 's house and as it happened I was looking through the blooming window when the funeral went past so I was no better off you know . |
26 | Cos one of the things that I said , you know , just when I was looking through the last five or six months is that it did seem er , to be inconsistent in terms of certain areas like the first floor , there 's an awful lot of reporting going on but , there was very little from the other , from the other areas . |
27 | Good , fine , I 'm not surprised , I was looking in the wrong rate book was n't I ? |
28 | The SPAR system was developed at Cambridge University Computer Laboratory while I was supported by the British Library and King 's College , Cambridge . |
29 | If ever I was tempted by the seductive stasis of an eidetic image , I punctured its reflecting skin with a dart and tore it away to reveal the structure of habit below . |
30 | I did n't buy any masks , but I was tempted by the matching two-foot-high figurines of King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya . |