Example sentences of "i was [verb] [adj] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I was thinking that fifty pounds off the gas board . |
| 2 | That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off . |
| 3 | Cos I was on the afternoon shift and as I told you I was getting twenty five bob a day . |
| 4 | Well when I left there , and joined the army , I was getting twenty seven shillings a week . |
| 5 | I , I was expecting some forty year old white , well dressed , you know Conservative |
| 6 | ‘ Oh well , you see , the truth of the matter is that dragons have never existed as you ( and , until I was poisoned some three months ago , I ) understand existence . |
| 7 | ‘ I was shown these two kids in a very pitiful state and I just could n't do nothing . ’ |