Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I was bored to tears and I was eating whole time |
| 2 | My reply was , ‘ Oh , please promote me — I was fired last time ! ’ |
| 3 | Oh I 'm really pleased about that , cos last time on a , I was really disappointed I 'd been refused the course cos I thought oh , it 'll be right up my street that , cos when I was teaching full time I was quite into these er computers at the beginning and the one that went |
| 4 | ‘ I was reminded of this a year ago when I was spending some time with one of my sisters . |
| 5 | Although I was still barely into my teens when I was spending this time with Maureen tending sick birds , I learned a lot about general care and identification — even if we failed to spot our Russian defector . |
| 6 | I was lucky , I could afford to do it because I was working full time as a youth training officer . |
| 7 | I was making good time when my eye was caught by a small , wooden sign , on which was written , ‘ Harristown Dolmen ’ . |