Example sentences of "[adv] i [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Obviously I was learning new things all the time and each day we built on what we had learned the day before .
2 But you see , the Reverend has a distant relative whom he means to put in my place and so I was granted sick leave over the holiday in order that his dear Jonathan could come and assist him with the Christmas services .
3 So I was having little joy with the fine slub yarns in different colours .
4 Later I was to see this body investigating a syllabus elsewhere .
5 With my own two children , I felt cheerful and reasonably well during the first pregnancy ; the bonding process with the baby was immediate and passionate , but nine months later I was seeking medical help for exhaustion .
6 Later I was to find this sort of coincidence recurring .
7 Now I was making ten shillings a week , and I had to pay a penny toll every day to come to from office .
8 Well I was reading that article in the Sunday Times with you and the chap who 's the champion said he liked it because it 's like chess and bridge .
9 Er well I was doing all kinds really there was a staff then and of servants but I was lo I was er looking after the old lady more than anything .
10 Here I was given one piece of advice : ‘ For you , the simplest is the best . ’
11 Again I was expecting military style spick and span .
12 Actually I was wanting that Capri last night actually .
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