Example sentences of "i was put [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er I was put up for the committee and was successful and sat on the committee for quite a number of years . |
| 2 | Just as I was put through to you I had the idea of reaching out to take one of these pencils and to tear off one of the canvass-returns as a notepad . |
| 3 | At the end of 1986 I was put on the waiting list and stopped work . |
| 4 | Luckily , I was put on their reduced fee scheme and only had to pay six pounds a session . |
| 5 | We made straight back to the airport and I was put on a Rhodesian plane for Salisbury , where negotiations were renewed and eventually I returned to London . |
| 6 | Erm I then , erm sent a memo to the t erm County er Clerk of the Council and erm applied for upgrading and erm so I was then taken , I was put on the permanent staff . |
| 7 | I also had a plaster of Paris cast on my leg ( which had been injured in a fall some weeks before ) and consequently had some difficulty in walking , I was put on the Regimental Mini Bus which was run purely to ferry married personnel to their married quarters after functions . |
| 8 | My father died erm sixteen years ago and I was put on to tranquillizers , up until that point I had never needed a drug in my life , and I was put onto tranquillizers and I had a terrible experience ! |
| 9 | It 's laughable but at the time it was n't laughable but when you think back , this man that I was put on with , he was acting guard foreman . |
| 10 | After that , I was put on a weekly wage of five shillings — a veritable fortune — four of which I kept locked in a tin box under Granpa 's bed until I had saved up my first guinea : a man what 's got a guinea got security , Mr Salmon once told me as he stood outside his shop , thumbs in his waistcoat pockets , displaying a shiny gold watch and chain . |
| 11 | I was put out , but not drastically put out . |
| 12 | ‘ I was put out , ’ confessed Rose , sinking back into her seat . |
| 13 | After the normal speculation that surrounds these events I was put out of my misery as she weighed in at 32lb 4oz — to say I was ecstatic would have been an understatement . |
| 14 | I was put back on the diet designed to ‘ build me up ’ . |
| 15 | Then I was put back onto the house . |
| 16 | When I was a first year I was put in as ballboy and I did n't know the rules . |
| 17 | I was put down at Whitcross , a crossroads on the moor , after travelling for two days in the coach . |
| 18 | Er because the pit bottom was lit up and it meant going down into the dark , an exciting thought for a young fella , er and so off I went and I was put down on one of the faces , as a lad , and said , Right lad , you want to be collier ? |
| 19 | I was put off at Smith field and asked to get to the Strand as best I could for another bus . |
| 20 | On trying to contact Mr by phone I have on many occasions I was put off to say he was n't available I have also come to the foyer at the bottom asked to see Mr after twenty minutes wait and nobody turned up I decided to retire . |
| 21 | I did stop smoking for three months and then with everyone else around us , I mean I was putting on weight and then I went back to smoking . |
| 22 | It 's funny , I did n't appreciate the fact that I was putting on weight . |
| 23 | That evening , when I was putting up my tent and preparing my meal , Mick was singing and seemed exceptionally cheerful . |
| 24 | Barnes added : ‘ Being on the same pitch as that other bloke Barnes would be a dream because only two years ago I was putting up the nets on Sunday mornings for my hospital team . ’ |
| 25 | Er they supported me and canvassed for me when I was putting up , but I ca n't see them going , whereas I can remember the erm the when I was a child going to the , we used to have a fete and it was a politically , I ca n't remember exactly what it would be called , but I know mother and the Guild were always there making the tea and got a stall and they were always in the forefront and they 'd always got their rosettes on . |
| 26 | Erm so I c I could n't buy any of what you were telling me and it 's all like a , it was all a smokescreen I was putting up , the accountant , basically I , I was not erm buying anything er and the compressed funding was just blowing my mind because I could n't understa er it was basically giving me an easy option to say I do n't need to do anything cos I can compress my funding at forty five wo n't I , when my business has taken off . |
| 27 | As I was putting down my swab , it went again , straightaway . |
| 28 | I would have said while I was putting out my washing cos I did it last night on purpose for the gas man coming in . |