Example sentences of "were [verb] i [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to take pictures of demonstrations in front of the American Embassy and the Americans were pushing me around worse than the Iraqis . |
| 2 | ‘ You were tellin' me about this ‘ she ’ , ’ urged Andra with relish . |
| 3 | They put the ideas together and I suddenly became aware that they were teaching me about substitutionary atonement . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , I was down there because they were questioning me about some old clothes . |
| 5 | I knew they were discussing me in private , but I was seriously alarmed when I discovered what they had decided . |