Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards ( another former Lancaster student ) invited me home to tea , and in the evening , and I were entertained at home by |
| 2 | He was later filled with remorse for this , saying ‘ I would I were assured of pardon for that sin , though on that condition that this right hand were cut off . ’ |
| 3 | Apparently Alice had told her that I were going to town with them |
| 4 | A friend and I were driving in spring to Crarae gardens near Inveraray so I could salivate over the rhododendrons , but we grew tired of travelling at seven miles an hour behind clods in caravans and on reaching the Rest And Be Thankful pulled into the side to wander about at the base of Beinn an Lochain . |
| 5 | Some months later a colleague and I were returning to London from a meeting in Brussels . |
| 6 | Last year I was invited to Wimbledon on the big day by ticket-holding members of the media . |
| 7 | First of all I was invited to lunch in Leeds and they sent the helicopter for me , piloted by Captain John Leeson , who had done all the flying for the aerial shots in the film . |
| 8 | Today I was invited to tea at Lady Emily 's to meet Krishnaji . |
| 9 | By morning , I was covered in bites from a number of loathsome insects who fed better than I did . |
| 10 | G. Hare , D.S.C. , who takes up the story of the preparations : ‘ In mid April 1941 I was called to London for a secret verbal appointment and interviewed by Rear-Admiral Clement Moody , the Fifth Sea Lord ( he had been my Captain in ‘ Eagle ’ ) . |
| 11 | I was looking for space for something , I 've forgotten what it wa Oh I had a big spreadsheet |
| 12 | And I did n't want to have that 'cause I was looking for respect for me but also for my area of work and it was an absolutely deliberate act . |
| 13 | No I was looking at trees in er B and Q |
| 14 | I played along , saying I was acting on behalf of Boot-in Inc . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh hello , ’ said Mr Willis , with great presence of mind , ‘ I was calling on behalf of the Conservative Party … ‘ |
| 16 | I was tempted by fantasies of the past , |
| 17 | ‘ I was chatting to Jack after lunch . ’ |
| 18 | I was moved from home to home . |
| 19 | For most of the 1970s while living in the Borders I was commuting to London by air for three nights a week to present late-night current affairs programmes — 24 Hours , Midweek , Tonight , Newsday . |
| 20 | For I was shrieking with laughter at some of the unintentional one-liners and an alien about as terrifying as E.T . |
| 21 | ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . |
| 22 | ‘ I started playing guitar when I was fourteen , ’ says Rowland , ‘ and I was listening to people like Roxy Music and David Bowie . |
| 23 | As the son and grandson of miners , I was reared on stories of coal and collieries . |
| 24 | Well I , well er I came back to Britain er I , I was er liberated by General Patton in a , a small place called Erfurt I was flown from Erfurt into Cherbourg , and from Cherbourg into a small place called Amersham which was a reception station for prisoners of war , where we were treated er on entering the camp we were handed a telegram . |
| 25 | I was commenting in response to the objector 's proof in this particular case . |
| 26 | He said he was to get £30,000 to £40,000 for his role , and added : ‘ I went down the A82 via Fort William before I was stopped by police at Doune . ’ |
| 27 | I was sent to Bedford in Bedfordshire . |
| 28 | and I was sent to Margate with my Mum . |
| 29 | His marriage , which had been arranged by his family , was n't a success , and , following a Diomede tradition , I was sent to England for my schooling . ’ |
| 30 | I was perfectly happy until I was sent to school at the age of five . |