Example sentences of "that i was [adj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must admit that I was disappointed to find there was so little of the wall of the chapel left standing and that what remained was surrounded by a wooden fence . |
| 2 | I replied that I was sorry to hear it but that I might return to him later , and enclosed a copy of Pursuit . |
| 3 | Clever as he was , he was n't sufficiently clever to see this , and his assumption that I was half-witted made me stubbornly worse . |
| 4 | She was just using the fact that I was desperate to hold me up for an outrageously high fee . |
| 5 | I said that I was willing to see him and his colleagues to consult on how best and how quickly to abolish the poll tax and on how best and how quickly to introduce a new and fairer system . |
| 6 | What is important is that I was so surprised by my opponent 's failure to fall over in agony that I was unable to stop him attacking me . |
| 7 | Anyway , he left what should have been my share to Matthew on condition that I was able to lease it back at a nominal rental . |
| 8 | I stayed there for the duration to try and prove to myself that I was able to do it . |
| 9 | It was only by using the telephoto lens that I was able to take its picture — and it was much prettier than its mother anyway . |
| 10 | And I 'll tell him that it was due to your kindness that I was able to bake his birthday cake . " |
| 11 | The IFA were fortunate in that I was able to make it practically a full-time job because of my lifestyle . |
| 12 | It was disloyal that I was able to divert myself , but appalling that I did so with Otto . |
| 13 | I even felt that I was able to accept his new and perilous choice of military service . |