Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Honestly I was round there for a coffee the other day — actually wee Scott was awful quiet . |
| 2 | work when I was fifteen , and I was away then for a while and then after the war when I come back I was working at at Cruisbruk . |
| 3 | I was up there for six weeks , I passed the course and was posted back to Brigade H Q to a wider posting to a regiment . |
| 4 | I was n't backstage for all the police inquiries , and I really would like to know , ’ he appealed pathetically . |
| 5 | I , I , I mean I do n't know , I was n't there for half the things she was talking about last night , I mean I was upstairs for three quarters of an hour trying to go to sleep |
| 6 | And it was a you know it was a great happiness and release to shed a million other activities and flying in all directions thinking the acting was n't enough and I was n't enough for acting . |
| 7 | Then I was here alone for no more than a few seconds . |
| 8 | I was just there for Type ninety , and he has a wall of books in his living room that — the shells are some kind of Danish wall system from nineteen fifty-five and it seemed , you know , that the shelves were slightly saggy , a few nicks and scrapes , so it 's not new looking at all . |
| 9 | When I was down there for the weekend I was speaking their accent . |
| 10 | I was only here for a very short while , during which time I saw . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ He took a chance coming in here , I was only away for a few minutes . |
| 12 | You know I was only away for two nights , it felt like about a week . |
| 13 | But I was very lucky , I was only there for six weeks ; I was very , very lucky . |
| 14 | I was only there for about three months and then I went to a modelling school . |
| 15 | And I was only there for four months and . |
| 16 | I ca n't say for sure ; I mean , I was only there for a second or two … |