Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 It was open and I could see inside and the closed loo door took on the semblance of the Berlin Wall .
6 But having said that , it was wonderful and I would n't have missed that trip for anything .
7 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 .
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