Example sentences of "i was [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Screaming ’ ‘ I was downstairs in the living-room and when I came out I found the whole stairway on fire , ’ she said . |
| 2 | I was right in the middle of a sentence . |
| 3 | During my years in Oxford , working as I was largely in the field of recent Anglican ecclesiastical history , I was increasingly drawn to Anglicanism . |
| 4 | I was firmly in the present , watching the starlings cavort over and under the telegraph wires and the wind shimmer the young leaves into a muzzy Monet . |
| 5 | ‘ And when I was up in the tree , ’ she added , gazing up at him , ‘ I saw a thief climb into the Botanical Gardens and dig up a lot of bulbs and put them in a big case and go off with them ! ’ |
| 6 | But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them . |
| 7 | I was up in the Voltaire Suite in time to see the Princess of Wales , looking radiant in white , arrive with the Hon. |
| 8 | However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ? |
| 9 | On Jerba I had made it clear that I was not in the market for anything and they left me alone . |
| 10 | He The gaffer felt I was upset because I was not in the side , but I 've had a virus . |
| 11 | ‘ I was not in the position to discuss Secret Service matters with you , Rober' . |
| 12 | I was not in the least keen , but when it became clear to me that my intervention would be frowned upon only slightly by my television clients , added to the fact that I had established good relations with George Elvin , the ACTT 's general secretary , it seemed to me that there might be some sense in intervening . |
| 13 | Er but I , I think really I was probably er you know I was er when I look back , erm I was not in the , in the , er what , what words do I want . |
| 14 | And I was not in the position to show the sternness which would have nipped it all in the bud . |
| 15 | ‘ I was not in the woods . |
| 16 | I regret the fact that I was not in the Chamber for the speech of the hon. Member for Pudsey ( Sir G. Shaw ) , but my hon. Friend the Member for Durham , North-West ( Ms. Armstrong ) , who was here , told me that he made a heavily veiled criticism of Government policy for its lack of recognition of progress as a key measure of the effectiveness of schools , and expressed concern about the morale of teachers who , he said , were not sufficiently recognised by society . |
| 17 | It 's lucky I was n't in the water then floating , cos that would 've been dangerous with that boat going past . |
| 18 | Yes , as you say , I was n't in the Cabinet so I ca n't really speak with any authority at all about how he conducted affairs there . |
| 19 | After I had finally collected my British passport from Petty France , I bought an Evening Standard and found that I was n't in the team . |
| 20 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me in Brighton when we met that I was n't in the team ? |
| 21 | ‘ Just because I was n't in the team that day did n't mean I felt any less embarrassed by the result . |
| 22 | He had already told me on the Friday at the training session , and in front of about 20 of the lads , that I was n't in the team . |
| 23 | When I was n't in the park , I was cataloguing the host of visitors to the weeping willow tree on our front lawn — just about everything that would sit in a tree came there , mostly blackbirds , sparrows and pigeons , but the ducks loved the shelter of the drooping branches . |
| 24 | Smiles from that quarter are not so plentiful that I can afford to disregard them , but I was n't in the mood to appreciate one right at that moment . |
| 25 | I 'm just one of the Star Councillors , but I was n't in the Star Room when you showed them the animal . |
| 26 | ( I have to say I was n't in the room with him thought I was working at the Daily Mail at the time . ) |
| 27 | I was n't in the best of shape to receive bad news and that was what awaited me in the byre . |
| 28 | I was n't in the actual throe er , er I wa I 've always been more or less a loner . |
| 29 | ‘ As I said , I was n't in the mood to listen to details . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But I 'd just seen you talking to Phena , who told you I was n't in the study , ’ he said softly . |