Example sentences of "and [verb] i [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question is , as you rightly say , in psychoanalysis , the analyst usually has a vast amount much more than people normally realize , I mean , I recall from my own analysis , and mean I was going between two and four times a week erm , for an hour each time and it was a good six months before she would make any interpretations , and I used to get very frustrated , you know , I used to say things like , well , what do you think of this , Miss , you know . |
| 2 | One night , after I had cooked her supper , I went upstairs and packed the few things I possessed in a cardboard box and came downstairs and announced I was leaving . |
| 3 | Kicking and struggling I was forced to the floor and lay there , face down , while three boys sat on top of me and others pulled my shoes off . |
| 4 | ‘ I got caught writing on a bus ; I was arrested and charged and told I was going to get a caution . |
| 5 | I was lucky , because instead of being on house assessment I was called and told I was going to be on the works party next day , only my second day at Styal . |
| 6 | ‘ He flew back today and heard I was working for you , so he — ’ |
| 7 | I could make neither head nor tail of it and decided I was dealing with a bunch of idiots . |
| 8 | I saw the girls on the film , and thought I was overdressed . ’ |
| 9 | Then he ran out in a panic and said he was a doctor and thought I was dying . |
| 10 | Of course , they 'd immediately jump to the wrong conclusion and think I was talking about a girlfriend , and I 'd get some almighty teasing , but the joke was on them ! |
| 11 | They turned round and said I was wasting the officers ' time , looking around searching for me , but I could n't go anywhere with all the doors locked . |
| 12 | Eventually I protested so Father Prior took me for a walk in the meadows and said I was to prove my worth with one final task . ’ |
| 13 | Ossie Ardiles gave me a lot of games and said I was doing well , but he never offered me a contract . |
| 14 | As I turned into the street I felt conspicuous , to say the least , in a red Porsche and wished I was driving a ten-year-old Japanese saloon like most of those rusting away on both sides of the road . |
| 15 | Delegates in this room from Apex may recognize me as someone that used to get up and say I was representing Apex Public Service and Management Branch . |