Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] i [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at the event dispassionately , I realise that I was probably chosen because the film had to be ‘ in the can ’ ( a technical term we film people use for ‘ finished ’ ) by the end of February . |
| 2 | I now realise that I was really teaching social passivity and conformity , academic snobbery and the naturalness of good healthy competition , and that I was using maths as an instrument for achieving these things . |
| 3 | Fool that I was , I had not even looked in the newspapers , let alone the stage journals … |
| 4 | ‘ I did , fool that I was , but I did n't intend it to hurt you so badly . ’ |
| 5 | And let those who do not wait say that I was lucky . |
| 6 | I am not exaggerating when I say that I was inspired by all I saw at the adult education centres in Croydon . |
| 7 | You forget that I was an academic . ’ |
| 8 | No , I apologise if I was a bit hasty … ’ |
| 9 | Adopting our ’ carping during the day only ’ policy we had a couple of good nights sleep until I was woken in the middle of the third night by Rick shouting , ’ Max ! |
| 10 | I say because I was running around a bit I think . |
| 11 | but er , er as I say while I was round there the new town was , was all built and er I found , we found such a difference cos I used to have to go into Old Harlow shopping , I used to cycle before I was handicapped like this , I used to cycle everywhere , and er I went , you used to have to queue up in Old Harlow for the shops , we had n't got anything here at all , no Stow or anything when I first , I mean when I came here nothing , it was just terrible terrible lane up here it was and all these were all ploughed fields and it was really terrible and I had erm , I used to have to cycle into the doctors Old Harlow , queue up , queue up at the butchers , queue up everywhere you had to queue and er , till they built this er the new , The Stow then we used to go to The Stow shopping you know which made such a difference , but er , during my say during my lifetime I 've so , so pleased when the new town came because I wanted to move back to Nazeing where I came from when I first got here because it was such a terrible place there was nothing doing whatever , you know and then I moved erm , as I say after I got round the front there it was more , better really , you know , with all the er traffic and that you could see people going by and that as otherwise it , it was monotonous really in Common Fields , you did n't see much at all there , but you know it was , I quite enjoyed it really , now what else have I got to tell you ? |
| 12 | and then , as I say when I was sixteen well erm when I left Needham School , you see , I passed through . |
| 13 | That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning . |
| 14 | The car slid away from the kerb , followed by a small blue roadster , and I thought with some regret that I was probably watching Mrs. Barbara Porter driving out of my life . |
| 15 | I deeply regret that I was unable to have a word with the housekeeper when she was more collected in mind . |
| 16 | During that time I had the misfortune to visit the infamous Boggo road gaol ; I stress that I was a visitor . |
| 17 | And I found that he was universally right — by which I mean that I was answerable in my body and in my heart for what was done to my brother . |
| 18 | I should 've learnt everything by the time I was thirty , not wait until I was in me forties . |
| 19 | Szell and I were great friends . |
| 20 | so I put if I was attracted to my |
| 21 | a little more wait and I was back on the bed of the big machine for a few parting shots . |
| 22 | With the viewfinder on the camera I had to set the distance and hope when I was shooting , that the shark was at that range . |
| 23 | Werewolf and I were numbers three and four in the queue and the Sergeant had to tap his watch a couple of times as Werewolf seemed to be requiring more help than the rest of us from Private Boyd in getting his belt on . |
| 24 | I mean if I were his dad … |
| 25 | I mean if I was you I 'd just put up with it and stay in bed . |
| 26 | And I suppose , I mean if I was to answer the question was it a good thing I would have to say no . |
| 27 | I mean if I was to s stand here and tell you that self-raising flour is classed as an X one , as a class one explosive dust |
| 28 | could do , I mean if I was setting the exam I probably would , sort of , you know people know roughly about , I mean they 're all going to drive cars one car . |
| 29 | Yeah but she does it like she said though I mean if I was your mum , I said to her if I was , I would just give it to her . |
| 30 | I mean if I was supposed to eat them , then that will be it love |