Example sentences of "[adj] that i [was/were] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jerba I had made it clear that I was not in the market for anything and they left me alone . |
| 2 | Unlike the Minister , I am not sorry that I was not on the Committee ; I am pleased that I missed it . |
| 3 | It read , Dear Sir Geoffrey , I am sorry that I was out of the office when you telephoned this afternoon . |
| 4 | I 'd woken up the next morning at Aisha 's place , not convinced that I was really in London : her flat was like any flat at home with the same smell , the same coloured ottomans and rugs , the same pictures on the walls , the brass tray in the middle of the room , and the loud shrieks and wails of her two children puncturing the air . |
| 5 | ‘ I just woke up one morning and I felt glad to be alive , and glad that I was n't on this earth on my own , that there were other people to share it with me and help me get through my life . ’ |
| 6 | Actually , I am not sure that I was there on that night of his arrival , and I do n't claim to remember all the details or to have been as impressed by his appearance , framed in the doorway , as some people I drink with do ; I think they just want to talk about their witnessing his first appearance that way — as if he was an angel or something extraordinary — because of what went on to happen later . |
| 7 | ‘ I was n't aware that I was here for your entertainment . |