Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] i [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They put the ideas together and I suddenly became aware that they were teaching me about substitutionary atonement . |
| 2 | I knew they were discussing me in private , but I was seriously alarmed when I discovered what they had decided . |
| 3 | Watching Maureen feed very small birds who were unable to do it for themselves was to stand me in good stead later , when I began breeding barn owls . |
| 4 | She was calling me from central London , having travelled there with her young son on the underground train . |
| 5 | Jeanne , the Vitou 's only daughter was being prepared for evacuation , but my newly found knowledge in medicine and sociology was making me over optimistic . |
| 6 | I suspect that in the excitement of going on board I hardly realized she was leaving me for good . |
| 7 | His approach was to nudge me in certain directions , and very quickly I came to a number of revelations . |