Example sentences of "i was [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next minute I was up the tree with him . |
| 2 | Yeah yeah a good Da Dave manages Doncaster now he 's an ex manager of Walsall as well We lived at the Brown Lion at the time and er , I , I was out the front on the Saturday evening and I er manager 's just been to fetch his Sunday joint from the local butchers and he shouted across the road to his pal how have they got on , cos there was no radio in those days , and er he says they 've won two nil and the man dropped his meat in front of him and dribbled it all the way down the road , it was such excitement it was of course all people over the moon . |
| 3 | eight o'clock this morning , who the hell that was from , I do n't know , I was out the washing line I come flying in but I never got it , and nobody 's rung . |
| 4 | Because I did n't have time , but er they started geography course work today and I was out the lesson |
| 5 | I was down the market every day with my shopper , dear , for veg . |
| 6 | And I 'd say I was down the docks last night trying to rob the life-rafts , getting the first aid kits and trying to get the Omnopon and all that , and I nearly got caught , ca n't you help us out ? |
| 7 | I was down the market with this other girl , and we saw her mum there . |
| 8 | I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market . |