Example sentences of "i was [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you , ’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice . |
2 | Erm no , I 'm normally I 'm , funny I was over that way last weekend cos er , you know , pop over to the beach and things . |
3 | I was above such things . |
4 | If they knew I was under that sort of pressure , they 'd stop giving me rides altogether . |
5 | Although Margaret knew I would not support her , I was on reasonable terms with her-so much so that during the battle for the Leadership I attended her constituency annual dinner and dance as guest of honour . |
6 | I was on two bags a day when I went to see me GP and I was on between a quarter and half a gram when I got to the hospital . |
7 | Suddenly I was on first names terms . |
8 | I was on borrowed time . |
9 | I had a paper to say and they said there was too much money coming in here a week , because you were working that I could n't get anything and I , it said , I wrote , it , it all come when I wrote to say could I have relief off of prescriptions cos I was on that H I V at the time |
10 | Yes that 's how that 's how it was , yes all I was on that gate , I 'd been on that gate myself dozens of times . |
11 | And it 's frightening , but I , I mean , I know from my days at British Telecom , I 'd say I was on that phone , really |
12 | And they thought I was on that plane blown up . |
13 | I was on that plane . |
14 | I was on all day and I , it did n't come off until about four o'clock |
15 | I was on thin ice , and I knew it . |
16 | The money may not be brilliant , but it is not very different to what I was on last year . |
17 | ‘ Because I was on last night . |
18 | I was on 1,000 grams of that a day , now I 'm on 187 , so although I 'm still on medication it 's a very minute amount of medication to what I was on before , and I 'm existing on that , so for me it 's worked . |
19 | Before the op I was on 1,000 milligrams of the Dopramine drug a day , which is what the brain is lacking , which is substitute the drug for , which is . |
20 | My son was brought up at Court , where she remained while I was on active service . ’ |
21 | Well they can physically do it to you with use of fists , use of hands and whatever else they 've got and they can mentally do it to you like put you in jail that or all sorts of things like when I was on sick leave , they came and lifted me . |
22 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
23 | ‘ It was fine while I was on weekly wages . |
24 | Strenuous laybacking for 40 feet or so brings better holds , allowing exhilaratingly steep bridging , and the whole rope will have run out by the time you pull onto the platform at the top , all too soon for the fit , but thankfully for the tired or those leading at their limit , as I was on this occasion . |
25 | I was on this side of consciousness , just , feeling very sick , with a huge head . |
26 | I was on this planet . |
27 | Last time I was on this programme I think we had the same conversation , did n't we ? |
28 | then I was on this roller and then we got er started up at the power station with the |
29 | as I was without potent words , |
30 | He really you know made me feel I say I were n't sat there like I was with that fella thinking well he do n't seem to know what he 's saying anyway . |