Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was listening with half my mind to the essay my pupil was reading and although the ideas he was expressing ( about sense-data ) were in themselves neither new nor interesting they had set off ideas of my own , as the ideas in undergraduate essays often do — I think of it as one of the uncovenanted benefits of teaching . |
| 2 | ‘ I was reared with these people and I would n't completely ignore them . |
| 3 | I was inundated with photocopied documents and background papers . |
| 4 | I eased the wheel up , drawing Wavebreaker 's bows harder into the sea and wind , and I was rewarded with another shattering of white spray that exploded prettily about our bows before I let the hull fall away once more . |
| 5 | And so I had to drag the coal scuttle up there , I was faced with that , and chop the sticks , which I 'd never done before . |
| 6 | I was born with this haircut . |
| 7 | I tried to stab my beak at them , to catch them with my talons , to use what strength was left in my wing , but the pain of it all was terrible and I was weakening with each second that passed by and before each new attack . |
| 8 | For a few seconds , I was living with this present situation . |
| 9 | I feel like in Britain the kind of history that I came into as an eighteen year old was a women 's liberation movement whose context was anti-Vietnam , the counter culture , Vietnam solidarity , American radical feminism , irony of all ironies the Ford women 's strike , and here I was living with this Ford worker , domestic tyrant . |
| 10 | My friend Lindsey said I was consumed with earthy desires and unable to reach the higher planes . |
| 11 | I was filled with such great uneasiness and hatred that I chattered and jibbered and made myself horrible . |
| 12 | The ambulance came and I was filled with delicious brandy but was instantly sick when I got to Imtarfa Hospital . |
| 13 | If this view is correct , I can only conclude that I was saddled with both sets of anxieties and , in addition , that there are more and more adolescent girls today who are finding themselves in the same position . |
| 14 | I was charged with wilful damage and assault and was fined just £100 , equivalent to the penalty for a serious speeding offence . |
| 15 | I was charged with three different offences ; assault , criminal damage and possessing an offensive weapon . |
| 16 | Say I was dealing with one of our gougers , I come down to [ his ] level . |
| 17 | If Ministers were tempted to give undertakings to the Committee , on which unfortunately I could not serve because I was dealing with other orders such as the Scottish seed potato order at the time , what has happened is a bit below the belt . |
| 18 | He knew somehow that I was dealing with this section and gave me the serial number of a wagon and told me not to go anywhere near it . |
| 19 | I was dealing with this myself . |
| 20 | And I , I was issued with that and er I took lessons on it up at head at headquarters and then when I took me proficiency test , I was asked questions on the Browning automatic and other ap things appertaining to the army and I passed me proficiency test . |
| 21 | I was issued after the immediately after the briefing I was issued with two weapons a revolver and a shot gun . |
| 22 | Fir the first ‘ garment ’ I was issued with four different colours and instructed to knit four-inch stripes in two plain , two purl rib to make a scarf . |
| 23 | I found trouble when I was issued with different colours . |
| 24 | After that I was put with foster parents , staying with them in the country for about nine months . |
| 25 | In the next week or so until I met up with him again I was suffused with wild imaginings . |
| 26 | I was waiting with both hands over my ears , as if that would do something . ’ |
| 27 | I was dosed with saffron tea which tasted foul and I could n't see anybody . |
| 28 | But I was occupied with other things and in any event not then wholly convinced of Meehan 's innocence . |
| 29 | I was confronted with great adventure stuff , plus the adventure special . |
| 30 | ‘ One medium I was sitting with told me Tom and Lillian appeared . |