Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was awake a long time that night . |
| 2 | I felt , wretchedly , that I was such a moral coward , such a sickening liar , that making a promise I knew I had no intention whatever of keeping was hardly any worse than what I had already done . |
| 3 | I was such a weary girl that I bored myself . |
| 4 | Before , I was such a handsome man , so sexy , so divine and so promiscuous . ’ |
| 5 | I said , coldly and pompously — he had put me in such a strong , moral position by hitting me — that if he really felt I was such an awful wife , if would be better if we got a divorce . |
| 6 | While I was pregnant a young security guard used to enquire solicitously about the state of my ankles . |
| 7 | I mean I was shocked the first time when I went |
| 8 | And er of course I was lucky the next time see . |
| 9 | In fact I was ill the next day , and have been ill since then . |
| 10 | It was nearly 20 years ago and I was proof-reading an immense document called Labour 's Programme . |
| 11 | ‘ I was sick the whole way . ’ |
| 12 | Cos I was sick the next morning actually . |
| 13 | I also met the police station er Sergeant and and after discussing further the matters with him erm then I was happy an armed operation was er was necessary . |
| 14 | Even I was terrified the first time it happened , when Art rolled over to our table , gave Tod a kind of rabbit punch that almost broke his neck , and said , incredibly loudly , |
| 15 | Francis added : ‘ I was concerned the United match would have a psychological effect , but my players ' reaction was superb . ’ |
| 16 | The reason I 'd put pu pupil comment where it is , is because so far as I was concerned the top half of that I was gon na , was gon na be filled in by staff it is a report . |
| 17 | I was glad the old gentleman was sleeping so well . |
| 18 | She said : ‘ I got started singing and playing the accordion when I was three every Italian girl with an Italian father in America played the accordion . |
| 19 | When I was ten the civil war started . |