Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] under the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was under the influence of a power a million times stronger than any drug . |
| 2 | Now , I can hold my liquor as well as the next man , so it is ludicrous to suggest that when I reversed the club van into the tea hut I was under the influence . |
| 3 | The fine statues on the topmost balconies of the Ayuntamiento and framing the moonlike clock-face gestured against the midnight skies , and at once I was under the spell of the past . |
| 4 | He recalled , ‘ I was under the pressure of being a family man with a daughter , and one day I accepted a job to act in a movie in the day-time and was writing another movie at night . |
| 5 | At last I was under the shadow of the prison arch , splashing and gasping with other ill-glimpsed men . |
| 6 | He persuaded them that I was not employed by the Government , explaining that I was under the Emperor 5 personal protection , which accounted for my escort of soldiers . |
| 7 | ‘ I was under the impression you despised sympathy , Miss Fanshawe . ’ |
| 8 | I was under the impression all the time that she was Elizabeth Taylor . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ All my school life , I was under the impression I was not completely stupid but pretty dumb so I never had that oomph . |
| 10 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
| 11 | ‘ I was under the impression that he had . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Correct me if I 'm wrong , ’ Merrill said sweetly , ‘ but I was under the impression that this was a rush job . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Funny , ’ he sneered , ‘ but I was under the impression that that 's what you 've been receiving ever since you made your dramatic appearance on Saturday ! ’ |
| 14 | I was under the impression that people who rented council houses would have to pay the new council tax in addition to their rents . |
| 15 | I 'm sorry , I I 've obviously misunderstood something , because I was under the impression that in this er er steering gear there is only the sixteen double O four and the six eight O seven . |
| 16 | I was under the impression that we could choose our books . |
| 17 | I was under the impression that we shared certain things equally . |
| 18 | ‘ I was under the impression that Signor Candiano was Peter Sebastian 's agent , but possibly I 'm mistaken and you are ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I was under the impression you 'd had me , ’ he drawled , the ruthless mockery stronger . |
| 20 | I meant that I was under the impression the Spaniards had strong beliefs about virginal brides and the sanctity of marriage and children and a strong family unit . ’ |
| 21 | I find it strange , because I was under the impression that … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I was under the impression there had been full consultation and changes had been made in the plans to suit the buses , ’ she said . |
| 23 | I was under the impression we got married in the church . |
| 24 | In detail , Russell proposed completely to disfranchise small boroughs of less than 2,000 inhabitants , most of which were under the influence of a particular local patron , and some of which , like Old Sarum , were green mounds or heaps of stone . |
| 25 | The comprehensive nature of the local groups is evident from a list of their duties , which were to focus the efforts of different agencies dealing with juvenile employment ; to organize methods of collecting information about the character , education , and home life of school-leavers , usually with the assistance of teachers and school care committees ( SCCs ) ( which were under the control of the education offices ) ; to form subcommittees or rotas to attend the labour exchange for the purpose of interviewing applicants and parents ; and to organize a system of ‘ after-care ’ in co-operation with SCCs , clubs , and other similar organizations . |
| 26 | The trained bands , which were under the control of the Tory-Anglican lieutenancy , and which during the Exclusion Crisis had been efficient in suppressing the activities of Whig and Nonconformist crowds , refused to act against the crowds who gathered to prevent people from attending the mass , believing that since the professed purpose was " only pulling down Popery " , they could not " in conscience hinder " . |
| 27 | He nodded to the case , which was under the table , and strode out . |
| 28 | The northern area from Rijeka to Zadar was incorporated into the military frontier , which was under the control of the Habsburgs . |
| 29 | The Labour Party and the TUC remained " against any form of Means Test at all " , but they discouraged association with the NUWM which was under the control of Communists , particularly of Wal Hannington and Harry McShane . |
| 30 | Baldwin ( 1977 ) traced all child victims of severe abuse ( damage on the scale of multiple fractures , internal injuries , brain damage and death ) who were under the age of five years and living in North East Wiltshire over an eight-year period . |