Example sentences of "[vb past] i [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I THOUGHT I was still standing and then I realised I was on the floor . ’
2 She just had to turn out , and there was nothing coming down , foot down , opened up , got I was at the top of the hill and she was nowhere in sight .
3 I found I was outside the tent , standing up with my jacket clutched to me , the better to see them .
4 From the deadness of sound , I judged I was in the main roof-space .
5 We started accumulating works of art and people just assumed I was in the business .
6 Nobody even noticed I was in the room !
7 When Adrian writes ‘ Nobody even noticed I was in the room ! ’ with its exclamation mark of outrage at the end , part of us says ‘ Of course they did n't notice .
8 I had n't seen her since you went to America , and then about six months ago I was staying the week-end with the Coleworthys and I thought I had better drop in to see the old girl in case she heard I was in the neighbourhood and took offence "
9 ‘ I did n't win anything when I entered last year , so I adapted the recipe then heard I was in the North of England finals .
10 When he came in he saw I was on the verge of tears and said , " What 's wrong ? "
11 I burst on to the pass from Jack Clarke , had a wee look and saw I was in the clear .
12 On the street again , suddenly I felt I was in the middle of a farce — ‘ POLICE SEARCH FOR THE BIG BANANA IS ON — and the discovery that actually I did have my cheque numbers in my moneybelt and that it was the photocopies that had been stolen made me almost light-headed .
13 I knew I was on the right track when I felt that thrill of pleasure at placing object , not painting it .
14 I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river .
15 I knew he had been a colleague of my father ; I wondered how he knew I was on the Sort-to .
16 The next thing I knew I was on the floor . ’
17 The paramedics turned up within ten minutes and as they turned up I passed out , so they applied the defibrillator to my chest and the next thing I knew from one minute to sitting talking to them I knew I was on the ground and they 'd brought me round .
18 ‘ There was a lot of pressure to make that birdie as I knew I was near the cut , ’ said Ballesteros , who is battling to emerge from a spell of wretched form .
19 ‘ You thought I was on the pill , of course , that 's why you never used a sheath or anything .
20 I thought you thought I was on the wagon or something .
21 I thought I was at the office . ’
22 We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room .
23 May I take this opportunity to say how sickened I was by the small group of supporters hounding the ticket kiosk for their money back , after Monday night 's County Shield match against Whaddon YMCA .
24 In interviews though , I said I was on the dole because it was very trendy at the time to be on the dole as far as the music press was concerned .
25 I swept I was in the butchers you see the fl how wet the floor was
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