Example sentences of "i was [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed . |
2 | I was over on the island . |
3 | One day , a year later , I was over on the west side of the island . |
4 | Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road . |
5 | I was over by the Orchard and then this . |
6 | ‘ They brought some other poor sod in , ’ he said , as if in answer to my question , ‘ but I was over behind the door and they did n't see me . |
7 | Now I was up with the world 's elite sprinters , with Ben and Carl , Calvin and Dennis . |
8 | I thought that as I was up with him , I was up with the leaders . |
9 | Well we nearly when I was up with the children at the to when I was |
10 | At last I was up on a level with him . |
11 | I was up on the box all the time ! ’ |
12 | In fact , as I recall , I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves . |
13 | Then the American announcer said , ‘ The bronze medal , Linford Christie , Great Britain , ’ and I was up on the plinth , the medal was around my neck and the Union Jacks were waving . |
14 | Its reflection on the water surface of the river at Abingdon advanced towards me , in this case not exactly to my feet because I was up on the bridge , but whatever else I managed to achieve in the picture I had to make this plane of the river advance . |
15 | However , so erm she asked me if I 'd go up and give her hand to sort things out , so I was up on the Friday morning and I said well you better phone the corporation and tell them that you 're moving out on Saturday morning . |
16 | I was up on the hill when the woman came . |
17 | ‘ Last Saturday night I was up on the stage being congratulated on winning the car . |
18 | It attracted me like a magnet when I was a youth , and soon as I could leave school I was up at the course for a caddying job . |
19 | ‘ I was up at the Grange last night treating ingrowing toenails . |
20 | for October , I think , when I was up at the hospital and it was down not I was below . |
21 | Well the next morning I was up at the top gate on picket and erm came with his van and he he spelted up through and the lads jumped one side well , I 'm nearly sixty five I did n't jump so quickly . |
22 | the structured thought patterns I found that the most important because when I was up at the table on the second presentation I was able to have my thoughts relating to the layout already and with in fact just the single element of the subject shown on my paper I could immediately focus on that and in fact give the details of that right the way through . |
23 | Carrying on and saying I was up to no good , out till that time . |
24 | You might just remind your team that I would n't be working with IMP if they did n't think I was up to the job . |
25 | Then I was up for a second — and the next wave hit me . ’ |
26 | ANNETTE BENING : ‘ I was up for the part of a prostitute in Dangerous Liaisons , the one whose backside John Malkovich uses to write a letter . |
27 | My joy of getting into Halton was short-lived , In the first term I was up before the Head , a delightful fellow called B , A , Smith who kindly explained in a most embarrassed way that in spite of appearing to have satisfactory results in other departments , my school results were as poor as he could recall in all his experience . |
28 | But I was up against a big , strong lad called Eddie Evans in the Canada game and that was very hard work . |
29 | I was up against the wall and unable to obey my first instinct . |
30 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |