Example sentences of "i was [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ No , ’ he contradicts , ‘ I was ahead of the flow . ’ |
| 3 | I was not of that minority , but the argument sharpened my concern for the education of the most-talented pupils — a concern that was to run through my last years in Banbury and into my work in Oxford . |
| 4 | But I was not of that age , had no desire to learn programming languages , and had undergone game aversion therapy . |
| 5 | But I was n't of the seniority to be one of the inner group of ministers which all prime ministers tend to work most closely with . |
| 6 | The others in the family did n't like me because I was n't of pure blood . |
| 7 | Well er I was never of the opinion that we should be taking unofficial action . |
| 8 | I was furious , I was out of my mind . |
| 9 | I found myself lying to her , although my lies seemed to me to represent the truth as soon as I was out of Aisha 's house . |
| 10 | Was it because I was out of reach of the prying eyes of the men in my family and their questions about my comings and goings , and far from my mother 's interrogations about why I slept on my stomach , or why I took so long in the bathroom ? |
| 11 | It is richly good to greet the real heroes of your youth — and once I was out of earshot I found myself skipping about merrily , humming ‘ Happy Birthday , Washy ’ over and over again . |
| 12 | ‘ I was out of my face . |
| 13 | I was out of breath with excitement and anxiety . |
| 14 | There was nothing much more to say , and so it was , that at the height of the depression , I was out of a job . |
| 15 | In fact , nobody even knew I played , although I played pretty well by the time I was out of High School . |
| 16 | ‘ If I was out of work I 'm sure Denis would be the first person to try and help me . |
| 17 | Once I was out of the cab I ran and ran , and lost her ; she wo n't know where to look , the pavements are covered with footmarks . |
| 18 | ‘ I wanted to tell you myself , but I was out of the country . ’ |
| 19 | I was in an all-female establishment , and , even when I was out of it , lived in an almost exclusively female world . |
| 20 | I was out of this conversation . |
| 21 | I 'd been out and I was out of it sitting in this shop doorway having this conversation with myself . |
| 22 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 23 | However , these only served to intensify the feeling that I was out of my depth . |
| 24 | Her father did n't live with us and I was out of the country , so she had to cross the frontier illegally , swimming the river to get from Guatemala to Mexico . |
| 25 | ‘ I was out of town . |
| 26 | Indeed , he was nervous when I was out of the attic . |
| 27 | They 'd known for weeks and stayed by me , anxious when I was out of sight , whining in the daytime when they never used to . |
| 28 | I was out of my mind with worry . ’ |
| 29 | I I was er I was out of work then , for er four month , during the er er nineteen twenty six strike . |
| 30 | I was out of my element , and the air itself could have been made of gold for all the use it was to me . |