Example sentences of "i [vb past] [ex0] was [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was appalled by that , and I realised there was a real need to support new members of staff by giving them some basic information . ’ |
| 2 | I was very impressed by the volume and depth of sound from such a small cab , and although there 's not the power to cover a very large stage , I found there was no great loss in tone when standing to the side of the amp — a problem with some larger rigs . |
| 3 | I 've just been up to the Wembley exhibition of word processor , and one of the things I noticed there was the increasing number of processors and packages which I think you would describe as friendly or at least semi-friendly to , to help people . |
| 4 | and Peter came in the morning , I never thought anything I 'd been listening to the radio , I heard there was a big accident on the road , a car accident |
| 5 | This morning I can kind of feel it , but last night it was as if I was when I swallowed there was a big lump . |
| 6 | ‘ When I saw it here this afternoon I felt there was a tiny change . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I felt there was a real danger that we would turn full circle and go back to the dark days under Revie when the manager 's indecision was final . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Of course , if I felt there was a real risk , but I would n't pass it on anyway . |
| 9 | ‘ I felt there was a simple story at the heart of it , as well as the unusual content of the books , lent itself to the kind of melodramatic theatre I like . ’ |
| 10 | I knew there was a strong Hawaiian community on the west side of Oahu , in Makaha . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew there was a great possibility that I would be tortured . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew there was a soft side to him , ’ she told me . |
| 13 | Hindley and his son Hareton seemed like lost sheep to me , and I knew there was a wicked wolf just waiting for the chance to attack them . |
| 14 | I knew there was no burnished gold at my back , only a burning shaft at my loins . |
| 15 | So far as I knew there was no Indian name for Moose Jaw , but I had a brain-wave that might help . |
| 16 | I saw there was a large door here leading straight outside . |
| 17 | and I thought there was no good putting up with it just by not saying |
| 18 | I thought there was a separate but it 's not , no it 's not is it ? |
| 19 | I thought there was a strong chance that some of the lads might join in , but this proved not to be the case . |
| 20 | I thought there was a big house in the grounds |
| 21 | I thought there was a little bit on one that you had n't finished |
| 22 | You see , I did n't realise I thought there was a soft or hard , but there 's actually soft and then there 's |
| 23 | As a result when I awoke there was no positive proof that all this had not in fact happened , and that it did not belong to a mental lapse from which I had recovered . |