Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a recent meeting with some of my local farmers , I was most encouraged to see that they gave a far higher priority to and had a greater awareness of the need for better marketing . |
| 2 | I remember that in 1970 I was actually called deranged because I drew attention to the various forms of manifest nonsense on which ‘ The Thing ’ was battening . |
| 3 | She replied , ‘ Oh no , I was never allowed to cry and I can not relieve myself ’ . |
| 4 | I was never encouraged to think that I should aim for university . |
| 5 | So I went rushing round to a friend of mine who fortunately had some and I said I want to see your walking , and I was much comforted to discover that they do actually use all six legs . |
| 6 | I was much encouraged to find that the most unlikely audiences appreciated modern poetry , and Eliot 's perhaps most , though that was perhaps due to my own advocacy . |
| 7 | So I , I was very moved to find that this has arrived and I do n't think it 's romantic nonsense , I think it is related to the business of getting people together locally . |