Example sentences of "i was [adv] [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a cold night and I had no overcoat but I was soon sweating with the effort of carrying the suitcase . |
| 2 | I was particularly taken with the Folkestone branch specials . |
| 3 | I was deeply imbued with the historic and cultural spells of this monumental structure when I took my first walk round the cloisters of the inner courtyard , whose first-floor gallery , open to the sky , is beautifully panelled and wainscoted . |
| 4 | Widow Nest : ‘ I was so struck with the neatness of the cottage , the taste and order of the garden , the cheerfulness of the widow , and industry of the son , that on leaving the place I resolved to profit by what I had witnessed . ’ |
| 5 | I was so struck with the place that when I came back to Le Court I told John that he ought to go there for a visit . |
| 6 | These encouraged him to attend the parish church , where ‘ I was so overrun with the spirit of superstition that I adored all things ( both the High Place , Priest , Clerk , vestments , service and what else ) belonging to the Church . ’ |
| 7 | Oh , I can see now that it was unworthy and beside the point but at the time I was so exasperated with the man and his perfidy that any ammunition would have done . |
| 8 | But I was especially taken with the single ‘ White Bird 's Egg ’ , a pure white with faint pink spots . |
| 9 | I was then fitted with the cord . |
| 10 | Before I left , I told Eliot that I was still toying with the idea of writing the book on politics , which had increasingly been absorbing me , and I described to him something of what it had been like to live under a benevolent dictatorship . |
| 11 | I was now faced with the administration of a problem of almost mind-boggling complexity . |
| 12 | I was very taken with the piece and at that time after the war the Lucerne Festival was very interested in having the orchestra and allowing us to determine the repertory . |