Example sentences of "i was down " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was down the market every day with my shopper , dear , for veg . |
| 2 | Now when I was down by the river at half seven … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I was down there to see Rim and he hardly spoke to me . |
| 4 | So I was down there watching The Yardbirds and the English bands that were starting , and one time there was this band — for some reason I was there early and watching the sound check — with this blond guy who had very long blond hair , and knee-length sort of sued , fringed , Sherwood Forest , Robin Hood-looking boots , playing a bit of sax on stage . |
| 5 | ‘ I slipped it in my pocket and forgot about it till one day when I was down at yon ford and I took a swig and , by God , it 's potent . ’ |
| 6 | I was down in Bath with the PM . |
| 7 | In 1982 , when the Israeli army surrounded Beirut and the Palestinian guerrillas agreed to leave , I was down in those same front lines , invited by a Palestinian gunman to push the last sandbags from his position now that the final ceasefire had been called . |
| 8 | So that I had two homes really , because as often as not I was down at her house , as in my own home . ’ |
| 9 | I was down at Wentworth and I saw Dicky Powell , the caddie-master , and he asked me who I was working for . |
| 10 | I was down here at Sunset and I could see him out there doing it . |
| 11 | ‘ I was down there yesterday on patrol . |
| 12 | ‘ I was down here one night , it was about nine , and there was a knock at the door . |
| 13 | One night I was down in a bar on V Street and their tongues got loose . ’ |
| 14 | By now I was down to about 15″ . |
| 15 | ‘ I had some time off while I was working in Los Angeles and I was down by the hotel pool . |
| 16 | When I was down there , in the desert , it did n't seem worth pretending any more . ’ |
| 17 | One irate caller promised : ‘ If I was down to my last spoonful of petrol , with a hundred miles still to go , I 'd drive past an Elf station . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I told her I 'd try and see you while I was down in this part of the world . ’ |
| 19 | I was down there yesterday , and I doubt if you 'll be able to cross much before two o'clock . |
| 20 | Forty-five minutes after agreeing to write this I was down on the bridge at Abingdon watching the sun set across the Thames . |
| 21 | And I 'd say I was down the docks last night trying to rob the life-rafts , getting the first aid kits and trying to get the Omnopon and all that , and I nearly got caught , ca n't you help us out ? |
| 22 | L : I was noticing — I was down by Queen Street or+the bottom of Hanover Street or somewhere + and they 've just cleaned up some of the buildings down there + and what a difference it makes + |
| 23 | When I came back here I was down on the ground , looking for gold , I could n't find it . |
| 24 | I think I would have to give the biscuit to him because one day I was down at the bankruptcy court and I discovered that he had 130 petitions on the file and I do n't think mine reached 100 ! |
| 25 | Then I was down at the Chough last night and everyone was on about it . |
| 26 | She sort of collapsed me at the knees and I was down there . |
| 27 | I was down there two days . |
| 28 | ‘ I was down there two nights ago to have a look at the house . |
| 29 | Tom and Brian saw that I was down and worked very hard to bring me back up . |
| 30 | I was down a hole . |