Example sentences of "[vb base] that 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I deeply regret that I was unable to have a word with the housekeeper when she was more collected in mind . |
| 11 | During that time I had the misfortune to visit the infamous Boggo road gaol ; I stress that I was a visitor . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Medical statements confirm that I was , for me , in a uniquely depressed state of mind . ’ |
| 14 | Does my hon. Friend recall that I was the first Minister to have responsibility for small businesses — even before the hon. Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) ? |
| 15 | I suspect that I was a masochist twice over . |
| 16 | But I know that I was excited . |
| 17 | Then said he , I am Saint Lazarus , and know that I was the leper to whom thou didst so much good and so great honour for the love of God ; and because thou didst this for his sake hath God now granted thee a great gift ; for whensoever that breath which thou hast felt shall come upon thee whatever thing thou desires to do , and shalt then begin , that shalt thou accomplish to thy heart 's desire , whether it be in battle or aught else , so thy honour shall go on increasing from day to day ; and thou shalt be feared both by Moors and Christians , and thy enemies shall never prevail against thee , and thou shalt die an honourable death in thine own house , and in thy renown , for God hath blessed thee ; — therefore go thou on , and evermore persevere in doing good ; and with that he disappeared . |
| 18 | Francis Bacon : I know that I was very much influenced by Picasso , especially when I was young , but now you 're so flooded with illustrations of everything , that you hardly know in the end what you 're principally influenced by . |
| 19 | I only know that I was never allowed to sing them at home . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's true that I had the opportunity to be alone in the office , and we both know that I was angry and said a lot of things in the heat of the moment … but would I really be this vindictive ? ’ |
| 21 | No one spoke so she felt driven to continue : ‘ I expect you know that I was Gifford 's second wife ; I married him when I was only twenty-two and he was sixty-one . |
| 22 | Er no when you erm you know that I was telling you keep your bit of used up erm sandpaper fly paper |
| 23 | I confess that I was completely hooked on Lincoln 's work , but like most other people I could not agree with his conclusions or refute them as I had no knowledge of Rennes-le-Chateau , its area or history . |
| 24 | After all , we were no ordinary family , but a clan : I was told by my mother always to hold my head up high , and remember that I was not only a MacLeod , but a double MacLeod — MacLeod being also her maiden name . |
| 25 | I remember that I was put ( and you too , I think , Lionel ) to learning the Collect for the day … . |
| 26 | I get it form most of his kind , who remember that I was once a private investigator , and so to them not far removed for law . |
| 27 | Funny — I remember that I was more shocked about the child . |
| 28 | But you knew when we wed that I was not as other men — that my life , my choices were not those of normal men . ’ |
| 29 | I suppose that I was influenced by the exploits of the great test pilots of the day , people like Peter Twiss , Neville Duke and John Derry , who were at the time just coming to grips with high-speed flight and what was called the ‘ sound-barrier ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose that I was still naive and intoxicated by the candyfloss world that racing can seem to be . ’ |