Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Mike and I were away at the time . |
| 2 | In 1972 , when he and I were both in the House , I voted in favour of the European Communities Bill , as it then was , and the right hon. Gentleman voted against it . |
| 3 | I took supplies from the Land Rover , according to our agreement , as if I were actually at the cafe . |
| 4 | I was near at the time , with Tiffany , in Mansfield . |
| 5 | The second , far more important lesson , I did n't learn until I was downstairs at the desk paying the actual bill : if you can get away with 50 quid for a bottle of anything in Sweden , take it . |
| 6 | ‘ Screaming ’ ‘ I was downstairs in the living-room and when I came out I found the whole stairway on fire , ’ she said . |
| 7 | I was nearly at the top of the post part when I saw Julie getting out of a car . |
| 8 | God , I was nearly in an accident last night , that reminds me , coming , I 'd just turned off the Wrexham road , er going along the Paisword one |
| 9 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
| 10 | I was again on the west side of the island and was walking along the shore . |
| 11 | After two days at home with my parents , I was again at the railway station , this time catching the early evening train to Fort William . |
| 12 | The first the first half a year that I was Holland I I do n't think I was away for a holiday , but then the the next Summer then I was away . |
| 13 | But er I was away for a week there , I only came back on Saturday . |
| 14 | ‘ I was away during the war . |
| 15 | About a week or so ago , when I was away from the morning show for a week doing a bit of gardening , decorating , and all those things that we all love to take time off . |
| 16 | When I arrived at the GA European Open , I looked at the list of entrants for the Lancome Trophy to find that I was right at the bottom of the list of qualifiers with one week to go before the final selection . |
| 17 | We got , I was right at the front in the balcony . |
| 18 | I was right in the middle of a sentence . |
| 19 | During my years in Oxford , working as I was largely in the field of recent Anglican ecclesiastical history , I was increasingly drawn to Anglicanism . |
| 20 | ‘ And then — I was rather at a loss , I suppose . |
| 21 | ‘ No , ’ he contradicts , ‘ I was ahead of the flow . ’ |
| 22 | She said , ‘ I was indoors for a bit . |
| 23 | I was firmly in the present , watching the starlings cavort over and under the telegraph wires and the wind shimmer the young leaves into a muzzy Monet . |
| 24 | Most of the time I was simply in the way . |
| 25 | I 'm sure I was here at a party once and in fact I can show you the spot on the rug where I … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I heard something about this chap disappearing when I was here at the weekend . |
| 27 | Then I said I was here with the family and she announced she was having a party for the local English , ‘ a rather disgusting barbecue ’ which she knew young people liked , and she supposed we 'd better come along . |
| 28 | ‘ I was here as a 10-year-old when we had a record crowd of 75,000 for the Cup tie against Aston Villa in 1938 , ’ he said . |
| 29 | I was here in the city all the time ; watching its every move while it — and you — thought I was disporting myself in sunnier climes . ’ |
| 30 | I was outside in an instant . |