Example sentences of "was [adj] and i [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he spoke his voice was low and I could n't catch what he said . |
| 2 | She was selfless and I can not fault the way she dealt with me — not the easiest of her five children . |
| 3 | He said I had probably done all I could ( little did he know ) , but that no one was omnipotent and I should not try to be for Jean-Claude what Maman had been — and still was , to some extent . |
| 4 | I was hot and I could n't sleep . |
| 5 | And we the used to pick on a on some sort of a nice looking little boy or little girl to say the collection piece that was appealing and I ca n't remember what it was now but er probably about four verses of what they called a collection piece , just before they started to collect you see and erm I think I said that three or four years erm running almost , so I must been pretty well good at it . |
| 6 | But having said that , it was wonderful and I would n't have missed that trip for anything . |