Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] i [was/were] " in BNC.

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1 In a few moments I was installed in a comfortable room about as near to the centre of Buda as it is possible to be .
2 For a few moments I was intensely conscious of the tree and saw nothing else .
3 For a few moments I was utterly terrified .
4 Within a few moments I was on a floater , crossing the fairly well-lit spaceport , still with no one in sight anywhere around me .
5 For a few moments I was silent , feeling her sorrow , so discordant among the bright seasonal colours of this festive room .
6 For a few minutes I was free of this terrible worry about who I am , about my family .
7 ‘ For a few minutes I was at peace with myself . ’
8 I think there 's a few times I was gon na pack in cos I used to do the same amount of work as everyone else and I got paid
9 I was no match for your proud , muscular strength : after a few yards I was exhausted , and you would take over , shoving the burden along with tireless energy .
10 ‘ After a few days I was n't half as hungry and found it easier to cut down .
11 For a few days I was too cowardly to tell Shadwell of Pyke 's offer , and that I was not going to do the Moliere .
12 After a few days I was allowed downstairs and began to eat proper meals again , and two weeks later I started back at school .
13 In the evening a teacher arrived to help me learn the language , and in a few days I was able to make conversation with the island people .
14 After a few touch-and-goes I was able to clean-up slickly : throttles carefully forward a couple of inches at main-wheel touch ( no automatic fuel control below 16,000 rpm ) , hold the nose-wheel an inch or two off the tarmac and retract the airbrakes ( thumb switch up for speed-up ) , a bit more throttle , flaps to fifteen ( toggle switch on side console forward — do n't even contemplate touching that too-obtrusive up-and-down flap-shaped undercarriage selector in the corner of you eye on the panel ahead ) , more power , the roar deepens with a steady push from behind , glance at the ASI , full throttle , speed building through ninety , rotate , positive climb , gear up , speed 120 , flaps up speed 170 , crank on the bank and we are downwind again .
15 And for a few weeks I was happy .
16 For a few seconds I was left shell shocked but I was quickly brought to my senses after seeing the broken rig .
17 After I 'd been there a few months I was asked if I wanted to help out in the kitchen , which I did .
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