Example sentences of "[noun pl] that i was " in BNC.

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1 I was not wearing any special clothes , but this lady — she was from an old Lucknow family could see by my manners that I was not a common person . ’
2 But other gang members warned my kids that I was to get slashed for grassing .
3 That one 's very atmospheric , very similar to Sebastian and the stuff with orchestras that I was doing in 1974 .
4 Impressed that the system was so easy to use , so much more intuitive than the conventional CP/M and MS-DOS computers that I was then used to , let alone the minis and mainframes .
5 Wise words that I was later to remember .
6 Again the densities that I was getting back from them varied considerably , from a hundred workers per hectare on some
7 But even this did n't dispel some of the confusions that I was feeling .
8 ‘ When I realised after months that I was n't ready to quite , it was a case of ‘ okay , I 've opened the floodgates , how do I close them ? ’
9 They never showed any sign of having doubts that I was going to give the total commitment required to be a full time board member .
10 It was for these reasons that I was unable to accept any of the submissions advanced on behalf of the applicant , and that I therefore concluded , in agreement with the other members of the Appellate Committee , that the appeal should be allowed .
11 Absolutely I was aware that Graham was very anxious to be involved in this process , er for example he wrote me a note and I think other members and it 's because of those , of those notes that I was anxious that we should inform them of what we were up to and if you want to share any of the papers or agendas please ask .
12 ‘ One of the selling points when I joined was that I 'd be privy to scripts that I was never exposed to because I never had an agent . ’
13 If God would provide accommodation for my family while I was away , preferably with friends , and convince my parents that I was doing the right thing , then I would know that the trip was on .
14 ‘ I simply could n't imagine telling either Jennifer or my parents that I was seeing you … in fact , I still ca n't . ’
15 erm the women that I talk to in groups up and down this county , I think some are angrier than they were , some are feel more empowered erm if they have if they 've had these sorts of experiences that I was talking about earlier .
16 There 's no chance of making all these errors that I was making , oh no what 's this ?
17 So they had all foolishly put the ‘ X ’ on the ballot paper and thought to themselves , ‘ Just think , I 'll be able to tell the grandchildren that I was partly responsible for world peace . ’
18 ‘ You can check with whoever you like but I was totally exonerated of any blame at the time , and I resent you and your family 's implications that I was responsible for Eddie 's death !
19 The three weeks that I was in the scheme for — they trained me to see if I could do the job properly , they were able to see what I 'd be like when I was doing the job .
20 There has always been a vigorous tradition of English studies in adult education , and indeed it was through such classes that I was myself able to become a mature student in the early 1950s .
21 ‘ You used to say at Talbothays that I was a pagan , do you remember ? ’
22 As a researcher , it was very important to be sensitive to these problems and consistently reassure social workers that I was not undertaking any semi-official enquiry , and not looking for particular cases that ‘ go wrong ’ .
23 I dreamt of making an Olympic team when I was in high school , a rather far-fetched dream for a 4:36 miler , but that dream was part of what got me through all those hard times during the years that I was losing race after race in college .
24 Accordingly , I wrote to my parents and , having pretended for years that I was relatively happy at school , I now confessed that I was utterly miserable , and begged them to take me away .
25 Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there .
26 I mean I 've just , but all the years that I was at the home every day I would say hello Flo , hello Elsie how are you ?
27 I belong to the Community Oxford Health Authority not to the Family Health Services Authority , so that 's just to clarify that , that did cover two questions that I was asked .
28 I spent a month at home with the children and I suddenly realized all the things that I was missing out on — watching the baby grow up , start to crawl , the first few words , things like that .
29 He said that it would be senseless telling me things that I was incapable of understanding .
30 Perhaps it would be truer to say that other things that I was doing made it seem less important .
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