Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [prep] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , a great bunch of fellows , I thought — language was a bit of a problem , but they were so keen for me to join their party , they just would n't take no for an answer — really friendly people , I thought … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is why you were so keen for me to stay here , in the circumstances … ’ |
| 3 | I used to run a training course on on how to run exhibitions and one of the things that that female were always surprised about I said do n't where high heels on the exhibition stand . |
| 4 | You were quite happy for me to come home on the bus . |
| 5 | ‘ They were very sniffy about me giving my address as this hotel . |
| 6 | Later it made economic sense to plan for the vehicle to carry things which had been given free in England but which were too heavy for me to manage for the whole way . |
| 7 | Apparently , the flat had been previously inhabited by giants : I am tall for a woman , but all the shelves were too high for me to reach without standing on a stool . |
| 8 | a lot of them were too complicated for me to explain to you but I mean I appreciated the the miracle of it all , like they could actually take the thing to pieces |
| 9 | I must admit , it was rather cruel of me to take advantage of your amiable nature . |
| 10 | But if it was so easy for me to see this evidence and to talk to those who had substantial proof of their ownership of homes in mandate Palestine , surely it would be no more difficult to go to Israel , find those same homes and — the idea had a special excitement about it — to knock on those same front doors . |
| 11 | It was so nice for me to renew acquaintance once again with my old and trusted friends , Ingleborough and Company . |
| 12 | Basically because the produce manager who was training me was so scared of me making a cock up , he never never left my side when I was . |
| 13 | Soon the tannoy system announced all the lower school messages : Mrs Joiner and I were deafened and it was sufficiently painful for me to feel relief when it stopped . |
| 14 | It was extremely difficult for me to write down one good characteristic about myself , let alone ten , and it was quite evident that whereas I saw myself as perpetually black , I saw my wife , Joyce as shining white and a lot of other people in the same colour . |
| 15 | Chopin was the only important composer who thought entirely in terms of the piano , whereas it was always essential for me to perceive piano music as a receptacle for all music possibilities — orchestral , vocal , you name it — and not something that is geared towards a certain vintage of a certain instrument . |
| 16 | This august building was hardly difficult for me to locate , its looming spire being ever-visible wherever one goes in Salisbury . |
| 17 | ‘ But , in the end , it was more useful to me to get her to think that you 'd done it … . |
| 18 | It was also wrong of me to leave secretly , but that is what I did . |
| 19 | Well I used to share a , share this flat with my mate and erm you know , she got a bit out of hand , she kept bringing all these people home and she kept having these parties and it was really difficult for me to study cos I used to go well I still try to go to college , but erm you know , it was really hard for me to study and made my life really , really difficult ! |
| 20 | Because I had come straight from college , it was really difficult for me to tolerate that sort of behaviour , so I managed to er convince the workers to form a union . |
| 21 | Well I used to share a , share this flat with my mate and erm you know , she got a bit out of hand , she kept bringing all these people home and she kept having these parties and it was really difficult for me to study cos I used to go well I still try to go to college , but erm you know , it was really hard for me to study and made my life really , really difficult ! |
| 22 | " It was as hard for me to keep quiet as it was for them , " Brown Owl , Mrs Sheila Scott , told the Southampton and District WWF Group Chairman , Geoffrey Cockrell , when he went along to one of their cheerful , noisy meetings in July to receive a cheque for WWF . |
| 23 | So that answers all those years that I have been conducting these seminars , it answers my question not in the way I was particularly happy about I have to say , but I mean it did answer my question and then it may be them having you know I mean like sort of things I may not be particularly happy with , but maybe it is good that the papers are reflecting what the community wants . |
| 24 | ‘ It was quite usual for me to take on this sort of job but it was n't usual for him to make an appointment for me and only tell me at the last minute , especially when it meant working after hours . |
| 25 | I quickly discovered that this fish was quite happy for me to take him in my hand , and from that day on I never used a net to catch him , just a hand and a plastic bowl to put him in . |
| 26 | It was then natural for me to celebrate . |
| 27 | He was pretty emphatic about me leaving . |
| 28 | My mother was absolutely marvellous about me going on the stage . |
| 29 | After some exertion , I decided the track was too rutted for me to have a hope . |
| 30 | By the time he had sorted everybody out and told them how to get to Bridlington it was too late for me to use my free pass and I had to pay half fare . |