Example sentences of "i was [adv] [adj] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was pretty sure I would , but I just needed something to give me an extra push . ’ |
| 2 | Before I had the children , I was pretty certain I would be a head by the time I was 40 . |
| 3 | I was well aware I should wait until he came to me . |
| 4 | I was just glad I could be of help . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Awaking after a short sleep , he said to his mother , ‘ I was never sure I should die before ; but now I am sure I shall die , and go to heaven . ’ , |
| 6 | Cos if I was really hungry I used to go upstairs , I 'd get all the frozen veg out , I 'd cook a bit of everything |
| 7 | I was really afraid I 'd not get it all down , and all the time he was listening out for me . |
| 8 | But I was so nervous I could n't get it out properly . |
| 9 | I was so sure I would fail , |
| 10 | But I was so confident I would feel the solidness of either chub or root my reactions are not prepared to stop at the end of the strike . |
| 11 | But I was so small I can remember very well going down this what we called the Middle Pad , this Roa , it was n't Road , I think it was called Middle Pad . |
| 12 | She says I was so shocked I could n't believe it … |
| 13 | I was so hungry I 'd have eaten pork scratchings . |
| 14 | ‘ I was so cold I could only just press the stop button . |
| 15 | I hurried on , slipping on the black ice , cursing and praying , hammering at the doors I passed but I was so cold I could hardly cry out . |
| 16 | ‘ And I was so blind I could n't see it . ’ |
| 17 | I took a basket of eggs into church last Sunday because I was so afraid I should forget to give them to old Mrs Baldwin on my way home . |
| 18 | I was n't going to fight her for it but I was so angry I could have killed her . ’ |
| 19 | And erm I remember my father now even now n although I was only three I can still remember him in his uniform coming home on leave . |
| 20 | I was totally confident I could lose any nancified verger on my chosen ground , provided I had a decent start , which was precisely what I was giving myself . |