Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 2 | Her face was wrinkled with age but she looked friendly and her voice was pleasant when I heard her talk to the men . |
| 3 | MacQuillan was alive when I left him and in fighting form . ’ |
| 4 | Although it was dry when I visited it , Kirk Pot in the Upper Kirk is a deep pool in flood conditions . |
| 5 | My guess was right when I thought they would get an awful lot from a Video Course , even though it was n't in their language . |
| 6 | I thought this was odd so I mentioned it to my bank , who were seriously unimpressed . |
| 7 | I was never conscious that my attire was odd until I had my first normal boy 's gear . |
| 8 | ‘ When I came back from town Rocky was asleep so I knew something was wrong because normally he 's rushing to be let off the chain , ’ said Mr Taylor . |
| 9 | and I was upset and I thought it was just that but no , it was about two weeks before that I went down with it . |
| 10 | The overall effect from the picture was that if you got any closer you would be engulfed in fire ; I was staggered when I saw it . |
| 11 | Well er as I say , I 've always been a union member but then when I was self-employed it was different and I kept me fees up for a , to somewhere I do n't know what it was , but er when er yes , when er I was coming to come on me own and I went down the locksmith 's to see about it and they said er , what did they say now , they said you could n't do that , whatever it was , and er we 'll have to do this and that and the other . |
| 12 | And God was faithful and I passed my exams . |
| 13 | So I was wrong when I thought they were fantastically healthy and a good advert for the Jungle . |
| 14 | Seems I was wrong when I said there were just two common ways of arranging fuel and water tanks . |
| 15 | ‘ I was afraid if I saw you I would n't be able to keep my hands off you . |
| 16 | I could have hugged my Mum that day for saving the harmonium but I was afraid if I did she would push me away . |
| 17 | With large numbers this can cause even worse handling and registration problems than for paper , and even , perhaps , extra complications if a disk turns out to be corrupt ( ‘ It was OK when I handed it in . ’ ) |
| 18 | She was delighted when I asked her to work for me , ’ Roman said , his voice warm with sympathy . |
| 19 | ‘ It was dark when I saw him , ’ said the boy unwillingly . |
| 20 | I was horrified when I saw it ! |
| 21 | But I 'm afraid the trail was cold before I called them in , and we did n't take it the length of broadcasting or advertising . |
| 22 | I 'd been told the baby was semi-posterior so I knew I had to turn her into a more comfortable position for birth . |
| 23 | It was obvious when I missed my local subway stop . |
| 24 | In fact I was sure that I knew who it was , and I thought Mala must be too . |
| 25 | I was sure when I started my research that I would be able to say that governments were greedy and liked to sell lots of arms to countries who were very poor and who only needed basic things like food and shelter . |
| 26 | yeah it was , oh it was terrible and I thought what a strain that must be on her heart , you know , carrying all that weight |
| 27 | I was alone and I hated it . |
| 28 | ‘ I was alone in this new search as I was alone when I discovered I loved my own sex . |
| 29 | I was starving so I thought I 'd come down to the kitchen . |
| 30 | He was angry because of the circumstances ; I was angry because I thought we were going to be robbed of the Open . |