Example sentences of "i was [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was invited to lunch one day . |
| 2 | First of all I was invited to lunch in Leeds and they sent the helicopter for me , piloted by Captain John Leeson , who had done all the flying for the aerial shots in the film . |
| 3 | Today I was invited to tea at Lady Emily 's to meet Krishnaji . |
| 4 | I was operating in the dark ; I was deprived of intelligence . |
| 5 | ( Finished March 11th ) I was covered with debris . |
| 6 | I was covered in blood ; my clothes were torn ; I was completely exhausted . |
| 7 | ‘ When I looked up I was covered in blood . |
| 8 | ‘ I said , ‘ My God ! ’ , and he said , ‘ What 's happened to you ? ’ because I was covered in blood , too . |
| 9 | But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . |
| 10 | Kay was the name that I was called at home , my middle name , one of my father 's names , and I knew that Kay , the boy in The Snow Queen , was me , who had a lump of ice in her heart . |
| 11 | But when I turned up at the hospital they put me on call and I was called to Casualty to anaesthetise a man . |
| 12 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 13 | I was looking for space for something , I 've forgotten what it wa Oh I had a big spreadsheet |
| 14 | I never wilted and was proud of my fighting qualities when I was looking for survival and happy for any form of success . |
| 15 | ‘ I was looking for engineering companies to invest in and manage , ’ he says . |
| 16 | And I did n't want to have that 'cause I was looking for respect for me but also for my area of work and it was an absolutely deliberate act . |
| 17 | These are the one 's I was looking at look , seven ninety nine , yeah , . |
| 18 | But I was looking at immensity . |
| 19 | So I did n't make a loss but I did n't make a profit on the bit of space that I need that I was using for storage cos I thought it was only fair to the poor bloke . |
| 20 | I did his tape copy on the machine I was using for echo and it was switched to vari-speed , so the copy was played at almost half the speed and when he got it home and wanted to play it to his friends , it sounded rather strange . |
| 21 | I played along , saying I was acting on behalf of Boot-in Inc . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh hello , ’ said Mr Willis , with great presence of mind , ‘ I was calling on behalf of the Conservative Party … ‘ |
| 23 | Before my fall , when I was a great man , I was tempted by meat and wine , and by the luxuries my position brought me . |
| 24 | My hand hurt just as much and now I was shivering with cold . |
| 25 | Round about Camden , I was drifting into sleep when the driver slapped his thigh and said ‘ Well , I do n't know , I do not know . ’ |
| 26 | After a month 's stay at UCH ( University College Hospital in Central London ) I was transferred to specialist cardiologist Dr Jane Sommerville at the then National Heart Hospital . |
| 27 | I was hospitalised for angina and my care was excellent . |
| 28 | The last entry in the baby book before I was hospitalised with anorexia reads : ‘ Failed 11-plus exam . |
| 29 | I was hit by joyride car , says soldier |
| 30 | I was moved from home to home . |