Example sentences of "but i was [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 2 | I never went to the extremes with heroin , but I was addicted to valium for seven years erm and I 've been clean from valium for four months erm through a drug programme in Brenda House |
| 3 | But I was brought to trial again , and sent to Australia for life . ’ |
| 4 | I 've thought about it , ’ said Nikos , ‘ but I was keeping to surveillance until I was told otherwise . ’ |
| 5 | You have already second , but I was going to second it , and say how very pleased I am to have the opportunity to second it . |