Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Rastani and I were out of the Tower .
2 The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe .
3 On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed .
4 One day , a year later , I was over on the west side of the island .
5 Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road .
6 I was over on the island .
7 I was over by the Orchard and then this .
8 ‘ They brought some other poor sod in , ’ he said , as if in answer to my question , ‘ but I was over behind the door and they did n't see me .
9 Now I was up with the world 's elite sprinters , with Ben and Carl , Calvin and Dennis .
10 At last I was up on a level with him .
11 I was up on the box all the time ! ’
12 Then the American announcer said , ‘ The bronze medal , Linford Christie , Great Britain , ’ and I was up on the plinth , the medal was around my neck and the Union Jacks were waving .
13 I was up on the hill when the woman came .
14 In fact , as I recall , I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves .
15 ‘ Last Saturday night I was up on the stage being congratulated on winning the car .
16 Its reflection on the water surface of the river at Abingdon advanced towards me , in this case not exactly to my feet because I was up on the bridge , but whatever else I managed to achieve in the picture I had to make this plane of the river advance .
17 It attracted me like a magnet when I was a youth , and soon as I could leave school I was up at the course for a caddying job .
18 for October , I think , when I was up at the hospital and it was down not I was below .
19 the structured thought patterns I found that the most important because when I was up at the table on the second presentation I was able to have my thoughts relating to the layout already and with in fact just the single element of the subject shown on my paper I could immediately focus on that and in fact give the details of that right the way through .
20 Carrying on and saying I was up to no good , out till that time .
21 You might just remind your team that I would n't be working with IMP if they did n't think I was up to the job .
22 Then I was up for a second — and the next wave hit me . ’
23 ANNETTE BENING : ‘ I was up for the part of a prostitute in Dangerous Liaisons , the one whose backside John Malkovich uses to write a letter .
24 My joy of getting into Halton was short-lived , In the first term I was up before the Head , a delightful fellow called B , A , Smith who kindly explained in a most embarrassed way that in spite of appearing to have satisfactory results in other departments , my school results were as poor as he could recall in all his experience .
25 I was up against the wall and unable to obey my first instinct .
26 ‘ And when I was up in the tree , ’ she added , gazing up at him , ‘ I saw a thief climb into the Botanical Gardens and dig up a lot of bulbs and put them in a big case and go off with them ! ’
27 But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them .
28 However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ?
29 I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that .
30 I was on at the time , I had my period .
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