Example sentences of "i was [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not as young as I was nor as tough , either . |
| 2 | He had severely limited the scope of his autobiography : ‘ I depict not what I was but what I see when I look back ’ , he told Eleanor Farjeon . |
| 3 | Some of them stared at me and a woman asked the Feldwebel who I was but there was no sign of hostility . |
| 4 | In my case , before becoming a Snavely winner , I was but crabgrass in the Garden of Physics . |
| 5 | ‘ I was but teasing — I meant no harm . |
| 6 | Our Chairman was a master printer , older than I was but an extremely good-looking man , so that my excitement had a sexual side as well as a political one . |
| 7 | ‘ When That I Was But a Little Tiny Boy ’ . |
| 8 | I was but an afterthought , and I doubt if they 're bidding high enough for me . ’ |
| 9 | However citified and sooty my surroundings , I was but a shilling bus-ride from the crags and heather of the Yorkshire Dales . |
| 10 | Now I know said I was but I give the impression from that if you shake hands with them you should count your fingers afterwards |
| 11 | or not , cos she 'll think I 'm lying , I was but you know , I was n't I was telling the truth |
| 12 | I know I told you that I was but I was feeling sorry for someone , not Emma or anyone like that . |
| 13 | She was no taller than I was and she wore a grey thing that looked like a schoolgirl 's dress . |
| 14 | I became conscious of where I was and what I was doing so I quickly stood up and dried my eyes . |
| 15 | I realised that they were all as shit-scared as I was and were content to stay where they were . |
| 16 | I was and remain a supporter of Chaplin 's view . |
| 17 | When I was put in charge of the start-up at Fawley at the ripe old age of twenty-nine most of my team were people who were twenty years older than I was and being on shift with a lot of operating people taught me the problems and the realisation that I could learn a hell of a lot from them — the realisation that the chap on the shop floor usually knows far more about what 's going on than management does . |
| 18 | There was Defries and his girlfriend and the guy I was and David called a couple of times . |
| 19 | ‘ I was and have always been his dog . |
| 20 | ‘ During the afternoon an irate woman rang my workplace to ask who I was and what I was like . |
| 21 | He did n't even notice the tannoy , he was already as tired as I was and he could barely stand ; I had to keep waking him up as he was swaying . |
| 22 | They were as shy as I was and the effort they made to be friendly was the most heartening thing I had experienced since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 23 | He got the shock of his life when he found out who I was and asked if my mother knew I was there . |
| 24 | I 'd tell him how miserable I was and maybe he 'd understand . |
| 25 | Of course , back then , the proles could n't get enough of me , waving their grotty flags at the wedding and saying what a breath of fresh air I was and calling their filthy little daughters Sarah . |
| 26 | I went to a clairvoyant once , when I was young and needed to be told , by anybody , who I was and where I was heading . |
| 27 | Naturally Richard had asked her where I was and when , realizing what she had done , she said I was at her flat , he had telephoned Jack and discovered this was untrue . |
| 28 | He was very much more out than I was and he knew where the gay scene was , not only in Edinburgh but also in London . |
| 29 | Tony Greig obviously was n't seeing the situation as I was and bowled him a bouncer first ball , which struck him on the point of the elbow . |
| 30 | And I 'd be aggressive and loud , but not aggressive towards him , but be loud and strolling up and down , making out I was a damn sight worse off than I was and all that . |