Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] was [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose that I was influenced by the exploits of the great test pilots of the day , people like Peter Twiss , Neville Duke and John Derry , who were at the time just coming to grips with high-speed flight and what was called the ‘ sound-barrier ’ . |
| 2 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 3 | When I moves to this area just over two years ago I knew no-one , my two older children were at school and , although I enjoyed being at home with my two-year-old toddler , I felt that I was getting past the stage of discussing sleepless nights and dirty nappies ! |
| 4 | She felt that I was getting in the way . |
| 5 | My father had told me years before that I was born under the starsign of the Dog because Sirius was overhead at the time . |
| 6 | Anyway , rather than attributing it to my childhood , I prefer to believe that I was born into the world with greater or lesser faculties than other people and that I can take full responsibility for them . |
| 7 | So that ruins your idea that I was hit with the bottle standing beside the bed . |
| 8 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 9 | No need for him to know that I was watching at the window . |
| 10 | The drop down from Meall Corranaich and back up to Beinn Ghlas was a great deal more substantial than I would have wished at this point in the walk , keeping in mind that I was hallucinating from the effort of the chase and the subsequent lack of oxygen managing to get anywhere near my lungs via a mouth full of clenched teeth . |
| 11 | I was afraid that I was lost in the snow . ’ |
| 12 | I was informed by a normally respectable member of the Gwili Board that I was wanted on the telephone in the shop . |
| 13 | Soon after , a message came that I was wanted in the cabin . |
| 14 | Now , after attending the opening of ‘ Die grosse Utopie : die Russische Avantgarde 1915–1932 ’ in Frankfurt-am-Main yesterday , at my own expense , I wish to state that I was dazzled by the beauty and breadth of the exhibition and that the pluses far outweigh the minuses . |
| 15 | Lord Lloyd interviewed me , and explained that I was to report to the Military Attaché at the Baghdad Embassy , though I was to be attached to the British Institute . |
| 16 | The upshot was that I was summoned by the university authorities and told that I was to be allowed to continue my studies but only under certain stringent conditions . |
| 17 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 18 | It was during my second year as a news reporter that I was assigned to the Police Court beat . |
| 19 | I 've always felt that I was raised in the land of melody but I certainly was n't raised in the land of rhythm so I 'm always attracted to good dance music . |
| 20 | These birds come from America , so they are difficult to get hold of and I had the added problem that I was looking at the end of the breeding season . |
| 21 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 22 | I had a dream at this time that I was caught by the Nazis . |
| 23 | ‘ It was over two months ago that I was approached about the job , terms were agreed and I was a part of Bill Fox 's presidential platform . |
| 24 | Realising that I was piqued by the recognition that I was not singular even in what I had considered an inadequacy , I convicted myself of lack of humility . |
| 25 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 26 | I thanked him for everything and left the orbit of his beaming smile knowing that I was included in the universality of stupid behaviour . |
| 27 | On the way to our initial meeting I had to change trains , and soon found that I was travelling in the wrong direction . |
| 28 | To my surprise , I found that I was running towards the battle . |
| 29 | I placed my pipes and rucksack on the back seat of the jeep and informed the driver that I was going into the orchard for a last look round . |
| 30 | I trusted him to see that I was equipped for the new life I had chosen . |