Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [was/were] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his memoirs , O'Neill offers an unconvincing explanation for this major concession ; ‘ I was fully aware of the advantage I was giving the Republicans as all the votes would take place well within the new president 's honeymoon period . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course I was telling the truth . ’ |
| 3 | By pushing down on the boom I was keeping the rig more upright , hence providing more power whilst also keeping the board more level and stopping the back of the board digging in too much . |
| 4 | ‘ But at that particular moment I was cursing the VHF set . |
| 5 | I know because I 've tried it as well , and I would say it was a large contributing factor to a breakdown of understanding , because at this point I was watching the deterioration of the relationship between Tony DeFries and David . |
| 6 | One August evening I was fishing the Tweed at Manor , downstream from where Manor Water bustles in from the south to meet the ‘ Queen ’ of Scottish rivers . |
| 7 | On the Sunday evening I was to attend the SWET awards , and Ben Frow had produced a black and white spotted dress for me to wear . |
| 8 | As Chairman of the National Curriculum English Working Group I was given the responsibility of deciding on programmes of study for all children from 5 to 16 , of putting right what I regarded as a major omission in the Kingman Report . |
| 9 | But that day I was leaving the school gates with a group of boys when I saw Helen . |
| 10 | Each day there was a new sight and each day I was pushing the ability of these words to cope with my thoughts . |
| 11 | The next day I was to take the train to Puno , yet another notorious journey . |
| 12 | We 're just like , the other day I was doing the washing-up and I was just like , stripping off with my outer layers |
| 13 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
| 14 | So these things came to an end , I recall that on one occasion I was offered the eye of a sheep that had been cooked on a vast platter . |
| 15 | Whilst my sisters wiped up , from an early age I was given the task of transporting the clean china and utensils from the lid of the copper ( there was no draining board ) to the kitchen table for one of the adults to put away . |
| 16 | The change in my approach to mathematics began when I joined an in-service Diploma in Mathematics Education.2 In the first week I was given the task of making a 3 x 3 x 3 wooden cube made up of three different pentacubes and three different tetracubes . |
| 17 | So , by my twentieth gig I was playing the Rainbow in Finsbury Park with Cozy , supporting Suzi Quatro , and was more than a bit nervous . |
| 18 | I was mixing the two and injecting the two , which was pretty weird and I think the only reason I was mixing the coke in with it was 'cos it was cheaper at the time … . |
| 19 | Our session started out as a posed picture for the photographer but in the end I was showing the former world champion my favourite trick shot — jumping the white over two reds into the middle pocket — and he was advising me about the exact position of the white and then how to pull off one of those complicated round-the-table shots . |
| 20 | ‘ … in Iraq I was manipulated heavily … to the point of them actually grabbing my hand , moving the way I was pointing the camera … |
| 21 | I 've never been so controlled , to the point of them actually grabbing my hand , moving the way I was pointing the camera . |
| 22 | I was just glad in a way I was dressing the Prime Minister and not Mrs Lawson . |
| 23 | The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’ |
| 24 | Milan can be circumspect about visiting conductors , but on this occasion even the orchestra was stamping its approval for Lorin Maazel , a phenomenon I was told the Scala had not witnessed for over two decades ( you would have thought they might have managed it in the recent past for Muti , watching with no evident rancour from the box : but apparently not ) . |
| 25 | But at the same time I was learning the lesson that such behaviour is not acceptable to adults , to whom I presented a different personality . |
| 26 | By the time I was involved the business had chalked up losses for many years and was in deep trouble . |
| 27 | ‘ Last time I was stopped the car had a bell . |
| 28 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 29 | Take the time I was interviewing the world 's greatest talking bird on The David Frost Show in New York . |
| 30 | All this time I was putting the finishing touches to our hero 's book . |