Example sentences of "i [was/were] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 He continues : ‘ Pat Connolly and I were in the third Fulmar ( N1994 ) and we joined up our range of Hurricanes with some left from the second range which had returned .
2 I started going out in London and I was on the first step of the ladder . ’
3 I was lucky , I was on the second floor ; Ana was not so lucky .
4 I suppose I could have joined in except I was on the second tier of the other stand .
5 I was at the first one when I was fifteen .
6 Must say , I know some of you do n't like boxing , erm , I was at the last tournament in Honiton .
7 I was at the last Olympics and it was a tremendous experience .
8 I was about the last one with a tanker er before er strike I mean they 've been there afterwards but er and er a certain tank was empty .
9 Well I can remember then the last year when I was in the ninth year we did it in that half term , it was n't the first
10 tell you what it seems ages since I was in the first year , but not very long since I was in the second year
11 Well not even I could heard them I was in the second row .
12 I was in the First Division , when I did my time on the beat .
13 I was in the first party to leave and there were about fifty of us altogether .
14 I found them , and in a minute I was in the first room , where Bersonin and Detchard were .
15 tell you what it seems ages since I was in the first year , but not very long since I was in the second year
16 I met my first boyfriend when I was in the fifth year at school , and we were together for six years .
17 When I was in the fourth year at school we had to do orals as part of our English GCSE examination .
18 When I was in the fourth year at high school we had to do work experience for two weeks .
19 I was in the fourth year , the top year .
20 ‘ Ten years ago I was in the tenth grade , my second year in high school .
21 I was in the eighth class in Moyne , ’ he said and named four boys in the same class .
22 I was in the last category , I reckoned , which did n't stop me wishing I 'd been born into the first .
23 IT NEVER struck me until I was in the sixth form that the activity pursued by scientists had any direct link with the everyday world .
24 Remember that big sloppy jumper you knitted me when I was in the sixth form — that maroon one ?
25 Until Ronnie 's death , as a result of his injuries at the start of the race — I was among the first at the scene and recall vividly the exsanguine look on Ronnie 's face and the mangle of his legs — they were separated by a mere 13 points : the final margin between them , because Mario scored no further points that season .
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