Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [pron] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must confess I was a little disappointed when I first saw him , because he looked such a little old scrap after me being used to sheepdogs . |
| 2 | I must admit it was a muddy mess . |
| 3 | I must admit it was a muddy mess . |
| 4 | Allen , who has missed the last four games , said : ‘ I must admit I was a little concerned and went to see the same specialist that did the operation on my groin before . |
| 5 | ‘ I must admit I was a little anxious before we started because I 've looked the same for years — but now I 'm very happy with my new style . |
| 6 | I do n't think I would have gone on with my own writing if you had n't shown such interest and liking for my work ( which I must admit I was a bit suspicious at first ! ) . |
| 7 | But I must admit I was a bit nervous . |
| 8 | ‘ I must admit I was a bit worried about coming to La Coruna , ’ says Mauro Silva . |
| 9 | I must say it was a great relief not to have to try to understand it all from books . |
| 10 | I must say it was an awful lot of rot , although we had reserved seats … . |
| 11 | I must say it was the worst experience of my life , each time I looked over the stable door the most terrible thoughts went through my mind : what if he was lying down ? |
| 12 | Now I would be the first to admit that I I 'm not a judge as accountant , I 'm an insurance broker er and erm I do n't understand er and I 'm not aware of all of the rules and regulations that affect accountants er and affect the way audits are carried out , b but I must say I was a bit surprised t to hear during the debate , er that that was really what the problem was , the problem with B C C I was this conflict of interest , that fraud was known and it was not declared er and er I think that these er these regulations should now make that considerably er more clear . |
| 13 | I must say there was a moment yesterday when I though we were going to lose him . ’ |
| 14 | I should think it was a welcoming sign , would n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I should think he was the only creature for whom Lavinia truly cared . ’ |
| 16 | If I did n't know Karen I should think I was the candidate for diabetes . |
| 17 | I should imagine it was a condition of employment : ‘ only geriatrics need apply ! ’ |
| 18 | I 'll bet she was a goer when she was young . |
| 19 | No one knows anything about the fellow 's past , but I 'll wager it was an unsavoury one … |
| 20 | ‘ One of the humans has just said , ‘ It must have been a mouse or something , ’ and the other one said , ‘ You show me a mouse wearing clothes and I 'll admit it was a mouse . ’ |
| 21 | I 'll admit it was a weak-sister thing to say , but why should I stick up for Russell ? |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll say it was a surprise , ’ Mandy continued with grim satisfaction . |
| 23 | Our Tory MP did jump off his LandRover to shake my hand and take one of my leaflets the other day , but as far as I could tell I was the only voter he met that morning . |
| 24 | But I could tell there was no real wish on her part to renew any old ties of love and friendship and if I am going to be honest no real wish on my part either . |
| 25 | you know kind of there 's all this quips about sort of semen making your hair grow and all that kind of thing erm you know so erm it 's , it 's , it 's one of these things that erm sort of erm kind of people , people s slip into on the basis of you know th er as far as I could tell there was no sort of firm evidence that these blokes were gay or heterosexual apart from judgments made on their demeanour and personal appearance erm you know but er you know it gave rise to a whole range of , you know , kind of supposedly humorous talk erm in that context erm so there 's a whole range of things erm tt you know sort of talk and mannerisms and , and er , you know , kind of also gossip and suspicions about them , oh is he married if not does he have a girlfriend , if not ooh I wonder if he 's gay , you know , kind of things that we understand about people 's relationships feed into it so |
| 26 | I could tell she was a user . |
| 27 | I could tell he was a wrong 'un . |
| 28 | Amitha : I was n't involved in setting up the Group , having then not accepted my lesbian identity , but from what I could see there was a lot of resentful and suspicious comparison between the BWG and the LGWG . |
| 29 | I could see she was an unfit woman , and although I was resolved not to tell anyone now of my qualifications , except that I had been an ARP worker , I did try to be as helpful to her as I could . |
| 30 | I did n't know who the guy riding it was , but through my police issue 200 × 6000 macroscopic laser-prism binoculars I could see he was the same guy who had just bopped the doorman in the head . |