Example sentences of "i [was/were] read a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day — June , a noble blue day , burning , clear , as they are here in Greece — I was reading a life of Chopin . |
| 2 | I was reading a scum book at the weekend and in it Fergie was saying how Martin Edwards had cut Leeds down to 1 million for Eric the Fled by saying they only got him for 800k . |
| 3 | Then seven years later I was reading a newspaper and there was this article about the Israeli journalist who broke the news about the Israelis having nuclear silos in the Negev Desert , and suddenly the coin dropped . |
| 4 | About three years ago I was reading a newspaper and there was this big article about my approved school . |
| 5 | that I believe the beginning , I was reading a letter in the paper and this person had been to see it |
| 6 | He asked me why and I said I was reading a book called My Early Life by Winston Churchill and that I would want any son of mine to live that life . |
| 7 | I remembered the sort of questions Father used to ask me when I was reading a book he knew by heart , and greatly loved . |
| 8 | I says , well , I says , I was reading a book and an old wifey that lived up at and she was about ninety six , and this chap that was interviewing her , well he would n't be interviewing her but he said she sat by the fire and she hostied and clochered until she nearly spewed . |
| 9 | I was reading a book . |