Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually I was drawn to a sign in the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society advertising 11.3 per cent . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose you 'd rather I was clothed in a voluminous sack ; then your beloved Dane would n't be able to ogle my body as he normally does . ’ |
| 3 | Eagerly I was bending over the vacuum cleaner . |
| 4 | Suddenly I was woken by a gentle knocking on the window . |
| 5 | They must have been watching from a hill-top as I rode towards them because suddenly I was surrounded by a company of about 40 soldiers , all aged between 17 and 18 years . |
| 6 | ‘ Suddenly I was confronted by a huge and altogether indescribable blue figure wearing a red hat . |
| 7 | especially I was looking at the C G A monitor all night , |
| 8 | Only I was passing at the time . |
| 9 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 10 | Perhaps I was stretched on the rack . |
| 11 | ‘ So obviously I was thinking along the same lines as him . |
| 12 | So I was waling through the bus station one day and I met this girl and er Ooh , she said , I 'm glad I 've seen you , she said . |
| 13 | My first , er , but sad duty is simply to say that Sir Kenneth , our President , had hoped to be here , but he 's had er , an operation and er , he is not really quite well enough , so I was asked as a Vice-President , whether I would stand in for him , at the weekend , and er I shall do my best , and erm , I 'm glad to have to opportunity of doing one or two things , but we 'll come to those in due time . |
| 14 | So I was looking at the slide sitting on the strings , and looking at the major third on the fretboard , and then I said , ‘ If only I could get this note here . ’ |
| 15 | So I was looking around the Beckenham and Bromley area when I found this place called Haddon Hall which was an amazing property . |
| 16 | So I was left on the on the on the on the verge . |
| 17 | There was a feeling that by doing so I was siding with the white community , not showing solidarity with my own people . |
| 18 | So I was put in a total quandary when my partners asked me to go out and do just that , ’ she says . |
| 19 | However , due to a lack of refinements such as a truss rod , the neck was so warped that I could n't put any frets on it , and so I was introduced to the world of fretless bass at an early age … ’ |
| 20 | So I was doin' about a gram of heroin , a gram of cocaine , the most I ever done was a gram . |
| 21 | ‘ But I loved it and I loved singing and so I was performing by the age of four . |
| 22 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 23 | Instead I kept silent , but inside I was singing in a very loud voice . |
| 24 | The winger said : ‘ When I cut inside I was forced to the left . |
| 25 | Suddenly she was filled with a strange sense of foreboding she could n't understand . |
| 26 | Virginia found herself desperately hoping Guy would be back at Armscott Manor , because suddenly she was possessed with a burning need to talk to him , build some kind of bridge over the chasm she 'd caused with her accusation over Farthingdales . |
| 27 | Then , like a dam bursting , suddenly she was diving across the room , a sob escaping from her lips as she reached out to snatch it up . |
| 28 | Suddenly she was caught between a rock and a hard place . |
| 29 | Suddenly she was assailed by a tangle of emotions , not least among them a silly sense of relief that she knew was totally out of place . |
| 30 | So basically she was looking for a job . |