Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Referring to his decision to resign from the Cabinet over the Westland affair in January 1986 , he says : ‘ I made a statement that day making it clear that I was going to continue in active politics in any role the Conservative Party wanted . |
| 2 | And they made it clear that I was extremely fortunate to be doing the job I do . |
| 3 | But it instantly became clear that I was n't speaking just for myself . ’ |
| 4 | On Jerba I had made it clear that I was not in the market for anything and they left me alone . |
| 5 | It soon became clear that I was not the only moth cruising Karen 's flame . |
| 6 | But it seems clear that I was diverting the feeling of cold , which pertains to the body , away from the physical and into the psychological realm , where alone I believed myself to exist . |
| 7 | And then , damn me , it was clear that I was sitting on someone ! |
| 8 | ‘ I thought it over again and I have decided there must be an announcement , because it would indicate the merits of the matter and make it perfectly clear that I was in the right . ’ |
| 9 | I would make it clear that I was seeking to build upon a solid platform of achievement — whether true or not — with gradual developments that can be understood and accepted from the outset . |
| 10 | ‘ But I made it quite clear that I was n't prepared to share a bedroom with you ! ’ she retorted angrily . |
| 11 | With hindsight , it 's clear that I was too single-minded about racing , too immersed , and that if I 'd paced myself better the joy would have lasted much longer . ’ |
| 12 | Professionally , if I felt there was a risk I should want to know that I was clear so I was certain there was no danger of me passing anything on to a patient or a future partner . |
| 13 | I was afraid that I was doing something wrong . |
| 14 | ‘ I was also afraid that I was n't going to be fed properly . |
| 15 | Now Mrs Archer was a very good woman in her way but I 'm afraid that I was never one of her favourites because I was so slow to catch on , particularly in mathematics . |
| 16 | I was afraid that I was lost in the snow . ’ |
| 17 | I guessed you were from the first , and the fact that you could quite happily and openly go away with him for a weekend everyone would know about confirmed that I was right . |
| 18 | Without noticing it , while I was looking the other way , I had become old ; so old that I was an ‘ old lady ’ , known as such at the village school . |
| 19 | Yes I thought the explanation was er was pretty good and clear and I was happy with the way the er the premium 's worked out . |
| 20 | It would be quite wrong if I were to base my view solely on submissions from members of the public who have been unduly influenced by misleading information from other quarters . |
| 21 | We were both brown and I was glad that we were alone again . |
| 22 | T'was you , surely , who let me have my way then , so I 'm not saying , as I could , that you was wrong and I was right . |
| 23 | I could have been free if I were n't a coward . |
| 24 | I discovered the Messiah when I was sixteen years old and I was overwhelmed by the sheer beauty and grandeur of Handel 's enduring masterpiece . |
| 25 | I was at the local convent school from twelve to eighteen years old and I was considered clever but ‘ strange ’ . |
| 26 | And er of course as I tell you , I finished when I was thirteen years old and I was on this er bottle washing stunt and o one chap as lived next door to us , back at er at Road he got me his this job on the farm . |
| 27 | ‘ Our son was only a year old and I was still feeling pretty asexual . |
| 28 | I was four and a half years old and I was about to start Bedfield Primary School . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd be careful if I were you , Rose . |
| 30 | I 'd be careful if I were you — do n't even let him guess you 've got it . |