Example sentences of "[pron] was [adj] and i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hot and I could n't sleep . |
| 2 | ‘ He looked at me with one of those amiable stares of his , said I was overworked and I should take some time off . |
| 3 | Sometimes when I was drunk and I 'd see him standing there looking all quiet and black and white and gorgeous , waiting for someone to take him home , I 'd get all teary and want to go up and slap him and shout in his face : How can you possibly understand what it means ! |
| 4 | She was selfless and I can not fault the way she dealt with me — not the easiest of her five children . |
| 5 | He said I had probably done all I could ( little did he know ) , but that no one was omnipotent and I should not try to be for Jean-Claude what Maman had been — and still was , to some extent . |
| 6 | It was open and I could see inside and the closed loo door took on the semblance of the Berlin Wall . |
| 7 | But having said that , it was wonderful and I would n't have missed that trip for anything . |
| 8 | We had no sooner got out of the supermarket 's doors than the wee imp said he was tired and I must carry him to the car . |