Example sentences of "i [was/were] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was timed at 20.4 seconds . |
| 2 | I refused to have a mastectomy and I see now in terms of theory , that I was stagemanaged at various points on the production line , into trying to turn me into a well-behaved patient by traumatising me by saying ‘ If you do n't do what we tell you … ’ or ‘ You 're being very naughty ’ or ‘ You 're being hysterical ’ , or ‘ We have n't got time to deal with all these questions , we 'd never get round ’ , and so on . |
| 3 | Somebody like me , if I was stood at that table , I mean okay if you 've got kids coming in , but if you get adults coming in , I would n't be able to answer questions , I do n't know enough about the product . |
| 4 | It arose because of my meeting George Wigg in the army , whom I had encountered when I was based at Southern Command headquarters and he was at the same headquarters as a Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of army education , where he had already established a reputation for ruthless eccentricity . |
| 5 | I was dazed at first — numb with shock . |
| 6 | I think I was asked at one stage , and I said ‘ No , not in my lifetime . ’ |
| 7 | When I went home a when I was started at ten and thruppence a week , it was a regula regulation in the family that the spending money erm basis , what you got for spending , was a penny in the shilling . |
| 8 | We filmed on the train to London and I was told at one stage that we were proceeding at one hundred miles an hour . |
| 9 | Mm and I was told at one stage that they used to revert back to Yorkshire |
| 10 | ‘ I was admitted at 10.30 am , ready to go at 11 , and walked off the operating table at 12.10 . ’ |