Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so we had a proper argument about this , of course he was a grown up man , I were only a kid you know . |
| 2 | With a final piece of advice that I should climb the hill opposite La Valdieu the next day , I look my leave of the little group , wondering whether they or I were perhaps a little insane . |
| 3 | If I were still a Minister of my country you would be giving me real protection , day and night . |
| 4 | If I were truly a princess — it would be Prince Edward for me ! ’ |
| 5 | When I saw Computer Services , I was immediately a bit disappointed . |
| 6 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 7 | I was formerly a Lecturer in Phonetics and Linguistics at Queen Margaret College , Edinburgh and while there , I developed a number of computer programs to assist with my teaching . |
| 8 | When I was lately a little kind to you and you carried yourself so foolishly , did I not tell you you should say nothing of what passed to any creature , and yet you made a common talk of the matter ? |
| 9 | I was clearly a bad child and that made me even more guilty . |
| 10 | I thought he was rather a funny man and he thought I was rather a funny girl . |
| 11 | At the beginning I was simply a labourer , which entailed doing all the preparation on the ground and ensuring that Eric on the roof was always supplied with materials to work with . |
| 12 | Captain McArthur said : ‘ I was here a few evenings ago , when the band played the anthem . |
| 13 | I was just a kid looking for the ‘ juice ’ ’ . |
| 14 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
| 15 | At times I felt I was just a kind of palimpsest , or a blackboard that could always be wiped clean to make room for his own work . |
| 16 | I just could n't get a word out then , I was just a quivering , stuttering heap , and I tried to say , ‘ I 've g-g-g-g-got a sp-sp-sp-speech impediment . ’ |
| 17 | Thought I was just a wannabe nobody . ’ |
| 18 | I was just a doss . |
| 19 | I was just a stranger up here in Liverpool , coming from Scotland and I did n't have anybody backing me , which a lot of people do — somebody pulling strings for them . |
| 20 | I was just a girl who couldaint say Non ! |
| 21 | I was just a girl who couldaint say Non ! |
| 22 | Septimus brought it down for me one Christmastime when I was just a girl — before the last war anyhow . |
| 23 | Maybe I was just a provincial or something , but I began to see that I was among the strangest audience I 'd seen in that place . |
| 24 | The first time I was just a mere kid ! |
| 25 | I was just a little kid , living at home and going to school — fifteen , but boy it was real exciting . |
| 26 | Walsh said : ‘ I was just a nobody and it was only a telephone call from Oldham coach Peter Tunks that persuaded me to apply . |
| 27 | ‘ Off the field he was an established star and I was just a youngster . |
| 28 | I was just a squib and he was a six-former , very fine chap and took no notice of grubby little oicks . |
| 29 | That I was just a father , a husband — I 'd somehow ceased to exist as a person in my own right . ’ |
| 30 | I was just a skivvy . |