Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could also see the colour of paint I was using due to the pearly-white bristles . |
| 2 | I was listening engrossed to the woman I was walking to work with , who the night before had found two night-screws stretched out on the desk in a passionate embrace when she 'd gone downstairs to the office to ask for a Tampax . |
| 3 | I was made redundant in the summer.Ity 's a chicken and egg thing . |
| 4 | ‘ I was getting tired of the rich and famous . |
| 5 | I was getting used to the odd feeling of distance , which made it seem as if it was all about someone else , but it was alarming to see how most of the articles highlighted the love-story angle , rather than the conditions in which John was held or the reasons I 'd given as to why the Government should be doing more . |
| 6 | I was taking Venturous alongside the jetty arm at Lowestoft on day to await the road bridge opening when Marty Stone , our second engineer , poised on the gunwale for a jump ashore to take the ropes , slipped on the wet rail and to my horror disappeared over the bow . |
| 7 | I was keeping well on the landward side of the path , on the grass . |
| 8 | Well er anyway as it , as it worked out , although I did a lot of s sloshing about , erm when I actually got to erm on to the four one four and I followed that through to the M one and straight up and I was running parallel with the M twenty five , virtually |
| 9 | Cos to me I was n't but they said I was talking posh on the tape . |
| 10 | I knew that if the handle moved faster it would sound better , so I really exerted every ounce of my miserable muscle power and the handle jerked forward with such force that I was lifted clean off the ground . |
| 11 | I was coming near to the place where I 'd left Vern sitting on the bench . |
| 12 | A downcast Souness was left to reflect on the opportunities lostsaid : ‘ I was feeling disappointed during the game at the prospect of only getting one point . |
| 13 | and erm I was feeling ill at the time and I , I wondered why because he 'd been through so much suffering , you know , it was a happy release . |
| 14 | On the last evening of my visit to you I was standing half-hidden in the bushes , watching the sun go down . |
| 15 | I was standing motionless by the desk , and gazing vacantly at the letter , when I heard some footsteps outside the door . |
| 16 | I was left alone in the middle of eight million people . |
| 17 | And I was frightened , I tell you , when I was left alone in the crypt , with a single candle to light my way , and discerned gradually , as my eyes grew accustomed to the dark , the subjects of the Prince 's experiments , standing upright , sentinels at each wall of the chamber , with glittering eyes and teeth . |