Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I were down at their house and she 'd got these and she 'd |
| 2 | ‘ I slipped it in my pocket and forgot about it till one day when I was down at yon ford and I took a swig and , by God , it 's potent . ’ |
| 3 | So that I had two homes really , because as often as not I was down at her house , as in my own home . ’ |
| 4 | I was down at Wentworth and I saw Dicky Powell , the caddie-master , and he asked me who I was working for . |
| 5 | I think I would have to give the biscuit to him because one day I was down at the bankruptcy court and I discovered that he had 130 petitions on the file and I do n't think mine reached 100 ! |
| 6 | Then I was down at the Chough last night and everyone was on about it . |
| 7 | Then I would be accused of being a racist , take this for example , I was down at lower school , I had a black girl in my class , she did something or another . |
| 8 | Well when I was down at the er council that May , I told them there and then that er I 'm prepared to er let one of the council men come to our house , about eight o'clock in the morning , and then stop till ten and then come back again about two and wait till they come home from school which they would n't have come home from school , but they go across the road and come back again , double back as if they 'd been to school |
| 9 | To be honest I was n't there , I was down at my sister 's wedding . |
| 10 | I was down at T V I as well borrowing their video camera and er Margaret said that she 'd be quite keen to come involved as well if I want any help from her |
| 11 | I was down at the library today . |
| 12 | By now I was down to about 15″ . |
| 13 | One irate caller promised : ‘ If I was down to my last spoonful of petrol , with a hundred miles still to go , I 'd drive past an Elf station . ’ |
| 14 | There has been criticism of my buying but most were hired in a crisis when I was down to eight fit men . |
| 15 | ‘ I was down to just one spare player for the game against Ards and the knock to Strang was another bad blow , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I was down for Jo Ro but made a last-minute escape . |
| 17 | Forty-five minutes after agreeing to write this I was down on the bridge at Abingdon watching the sun set across the Thames . |
| 18 | When I came back here I was down on the ground , looking for gold , I could n't find it . |
| 19 | Ten minutes later I was down on the private beach . |
| 20 | I was down in Bath with the PM . |
| 21 | In 1982 , when the Israeli army surrounded Beirut and the Palestinian guerrillas agreed to leave , I was down in those same front lines , invited by a Palestinian gunman to push the last sandbags from his position now that the final ceasefire had been called . |
| 22 | One night I was down in a bar on V Street and their tongues got loose . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I told her I 'd try and see you while I was down in this part of the world . ’ |
| 24 | Last summer I was down in London on business and … er … it happened that , by chance … through some friends , I ended up at a party given by … er … well , some people in Holland Park . |
| 25 | I was down in the workshops and I 've run a great splinter into my thumb . ’ |
| 26 | Susan : ‘ Well , Vera , I was down in the Bank this morning paying my ESB and you know what happened — an old gentleman came in with flowers for a member of the staff — it was lovely to see ’ . |
| 27 | It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through |
| 28 | But however I suppose it but it takes it 's like everything else but it 's a dead it really is a trade er Graham was saying to m to me when I was down in London , he says , It 's a pity mum that you could n't get work you know , I mean , you just did n't have the you know , your age and that to start work down here , he says , there 'd be plenty of work for you . |
| 29 | Now when I was down by the river at half seven … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I had some time off while I was working in Los Angeles and I was down by the hotel pool . |