Example sentences of "i was [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last week I was gutted at the sale of Batts , but last night I was so happy that the scum failed . |
| 2 | I knew that when at last I was demobilised from the Waaf I would have to return to my peacetime occupation as a secretary in London , for the simple reason that my employers had been paying me my full salary all the time I had been in the Forces , that is , making up the difference between my Waaf pay and what I would have been earning with them . |
| 3 | Micheline sounded excited to hear from me and I was invited to the group 's meeting a few weeks later . |
| 4 | I was invited to the school in the village of Atgor . |
| 5 | I was invited to the Royal Premiere in London to view the production before it came to our theatre . |
| 6 | A few years back I was invited by the Church of England to be an ecumenical guest at a consultation , held at Ely , on the charismatic renewal movement . |
| 7 | I was invited by the owners of a struggling estate in Bardez province to look around their 300-year-old house . |
| 8 | Because I must have been noticed , I was invited by the families to play in mixed doubles . |
| 9 | Recently , I was invited inside the hallowed walls of Eastleigh Works , usually the domain of British Rail Engineering Limited but during weekends partly dedicated to ERPS , the Eastleigh Railway Preservation Society . |
| 10 | ‘ Of all the low points I suffered , one of the worst was when I was deprived of the chance of winning a third world cross country title because I was n't allowed to compete in 1988 , ’ explained the 26-year-old . |
| 11 | After the shock , I was warmed by the idea that the visitor was Jesus or an angel , and then terrified by the thought that it was an omen of my death . |
| 12 | I was escorted to the fifth floor and shown in to a riverside suite which was named after Sir Charles Chaplin , because he always used to stay there when he visited London . |
| 13 | I was escorted around the prison by members of the Prison Officers Association . |
| 14 | I was called to the administration block of the hospital and later went to register the death , and to make an appointment with an undertaker — this was for ten o'clock the next morning . |
| 15 | One such dreadful night I was called to the gate house by Mr Rideout , our so loyal and efficient gate porter . |
| 16 | So , imagine my relief when I was called to the front porch , and I was greeted by a cheery ‘ American Red Cross reporting for duty Ma'am . |
| 17 | The first week in July I was called to the Malet Street premises of the University . |
| 18 | I was called from the incident room by the desk sergeant who recognised her . |
| 19 | The SPAR system was developed at Cambridge University Computer Laboratory while I was supported by the British Library and King 's College , Cambridge . |
| 20 | I was grabbed by the lapels of my dressing gown and pinned against the wall . |
| 21 | And I was inspired by the size of the contribution they were clearly destined to make . |
| 22 | I tried to push her knees round but there was n't enough room ; I was wedged in the doorway , her arm still half round my neck . |
| 23 | I was tempted through the doors of the trade show . |
| 24 | I did n't buy any masks , but I was tempted by the matching two-foot-high figurines of King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya . |
| 25 | If ever I was tempted by the seductive stasis of an eidetic image , I punctured its reflecting skin with a dart and tore it away to reveal the structure of habit below . |
| 26 | No sooner had I thrown it into the toilet than it exploded and I was spattered with the pan 's contents . |
| 27 | I had no idea how much there was in there , but I reckoned it was probably what I was owed by the Scamp family plus a few expenses . |
| 28 | I was afraid that I was lost in the snow . ’ |
| 29 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 30 | That meant I was transferred to the grammar school at Bideford , where I stayed until I took my " O " levels in the first year the system was inaugurated . |