Example sentences of "i was very " in BNC.

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1 And by the time I got there I was very cold and hungry .
2 I was very impressed by them , how to approach them .
3 I was very tempted to gamble the little money I had left in order to try and accumulate some more — tempted also to have a go just for the thrill of it .
4 I was very drunk , Jay , ’ she says in a rush , ‘ I did n't mean that to happen . ’
5 I was very receptive to the Bible , authority .
6 I was very interested in your article on the Labradoodle Dandy in the June issue of Dogs Today .
7 I was very upset and felt for those players who played , ’ Durie said .
8 ‘ I said I was very interested and gave my credit card number as requested . ’
9 I was very pleased when it rained , as Silver Fling is best really at five and a half furlongs , and the easier ground made it more of a test ’ .
10 I was very relieved to dig myself out of it , ’ Navratilova added .
11 A Canadian reviewer said they looked like people I 'd found at a bus-stop , which I was very flattered by . ’
12 I was very lucky I was caught .
13 I was very pleased , not only with the pipes , but also that I was now playing them again .
14 I was very interested in your article on West Dorset in the August issue .
15 Going back into the private sector I was very keen to become a pluralist .
16 I was very sorry about your father , ’ he said .
17 I was very much against it when that brother of hers wanted her to go .
18 In fact it is downright unfriendly and I was very pleased to be at the top .
19 I was very talkative before marriage but after marriage I do n't know what happened to me .
20 I wanted to be an actor when I was very little , but then I changed my mind .
21 I was very pleased that it was so convincing . ’
22 I was very shy and not the sharpest of children .
23 I was very loose , ’ he said .
24 I was very , very frightened ’ he recalls .
25 As we went to bed that night , my wife said : ‘ I was very proud of you today . ’
26 ‘ When I discovered I was pregnant , it was at a time when I was very manic about the group , I felt it was my mission .
27 I was very unhappy , physically and psychologically ill .
28 He chose me as his master , which appealed to me enormously , as it 's one of my functions in life to be a teacher , so I was very happy at being this kind of pedagogue .
29 It was a time when the whole underground culture was at its height and I was very much involved in that and had been since early ‘ 67 .
30 I was trying to communicate between David and Tony , trying to get them to talk to each other , and as a result was going back and forth between the two of them which was a very frustrating experience , added to which I was tired from being on the road and I was very unhappy .
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