Example sentences of "[subord] i was [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue . |
| 2 | Where I was going that morning I forget |
| 3 | ‘ At a salary less than I was earning twenty years ago in the State system . |
| 4 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 5 | Then he said , ‘ If I was to advertise this job how likely would you be to apply for it ? ’ , and suddenly the hairs prickled on the back of my neck , because I knew he was serious . |
| 6 | He gave me an odd look as if I was telling strange stories . |
| 7 | No no I would n't do that I always do it like this if I was playing that hand three flu well you could go well you got a choice you can go take a chance on your last hand , not getting through or you can go two , three , five , six , seven two three four , ace finish them which is what I 'd probably do . |
| 8 | If I was to have any chance of being posted to Calvi , I would have to come in the top five in basic training . |
| 9 | Now what would you do if I was recording this conversation ? |
| 10 | When I realised that Barny was untrainable , I knew I would have to find a hand-reared owl if I was to stand any chance of training one successfully . |
| 11 | I think if one looks at life and says : ‘ If I was doing that job , what are the conditions I would like to work in ? ’ , and then put them into operation , people will probably think it 's about right . |
| 12 | Mine went up with , you know let's face it if I was doing sixty mile an hour it would be doing just over six grand . |
| 13 | Jimmy was silent for a moment , then he said , ‘ What sort of thing did you mean when you asked if I was suffering any after-effects ? ’ |
| 14 | I kept in touch after that , obviously , and continued to badger him and send him new material until I was signed last August . |
| 15 | cos I mean , that 's what prompted all this cos I was getting some information from my |
| 16 | Cos I was using that issue at that time , but we always make the proviso that if things change , you may have to alter your mind about where your money 's placed . |
| 17 | Anyway , so I , I was getting a bit worried about it , and , I can , cos I was having these headaches , and I started talking to Phil and I , I had n't really said much to him about it . |
| 18 | And I just turned round cos I was making these trigger things , you know this cavity |
| 19 | Cos I was going that way round . |
| 20 | I felt ashamed because I was enjoying this sensation . |
| 21 | Erm , I would be happy , I mean , I purposely , I put some lines in just because I was thinking that way at the time , but I 'd be very happy if other people would scribble it out , change it , throw it back at me , you know , I would like to see I suppose , just to see if we can erm , if that , because , because I have to say that although you know part of reading 's letter , erm , I feel it 's , it , it feels destructive and it feels very critical . |
| 22 | I think that because I was wearing dark clothes and not giggling , he saw me as a challenge . |
| 23 | I was lucky , I could afford to do it because I was working full time as a youth training officer . |
| 24 | Four years later , in 1962 , Brian Jackson ( who died while I was writing this book ) and Dennis Marsden added their persuasive voices to the growing chorus of those who were aware of the weaknesses rather than the strengths of the grammar school . |
| 25 | While I was doing that sentence my other case for running a brothel and living off immoral earnings came up . |
| 26 | While I was making some tea there was a tremendous crash . |
| 27 | But this morning , while I was driving that car through the village , the entire engine fell out on to the road ! |
| 28 | While I was preparing this address ‘ The Scotsman ’ published a report on the work of Stephen Platt , a sociologist with the Medical Research Council in Edinburgh . |
| 29 | While I was preparing this paper the Times Educational Supplement of 5 August 1988 published a comment on the HMI report on secondary education . |
| 30 | Since I was wearing posh garden visiting attire — a pair of thin striped leggings , white leather ballet pumps , a halterneck top , a cute bolero cardigan and dangly earrings — we were only planning to leave the car for some air . |