Example sentences of "[adj] i [vb past] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Before all this I had never been a fisherman but I have now taken it up and am enjoying it , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Funny I 'd just been saying that , just been reading a book allegedly written by erm Uri Geller , you know the |
| 3 | I realized then just how many times , over the months , I had had evidence of this fear , and how careful I had always been to avoid doing or saying anything that could threaten the bastions he erected to guard his frail defences . |
| 4 | These I knew well were not what her whim had remembered , and when I brought them to her she said nothing , but put them aside , sadly shaking her head . |
| 5 | I was barefoot and cold ; all I had on were my underpants and my dressing gown which , by this time , was just ripped to shreds . |
| 6 | After all I had never been here before , there was no means of knowing . |
| 7 | After all I had never been to London and it is one 's capital city ! |
| 8 | All I knew then was that they were not allowed to hear about Jesus . |
| 9 | Or something to that effect — all I recalled incontrovertibly was that old-fashioned construction , ‘ if thou canst ’ … |
| 10 | ‘ When I got back , I switched the tape on and all I got out was ‘ Small and tanned and young and lovely the girl from Ipanema goes walking … |
| 11 | All I needed now was double the luck . |
| 12 | All I wanted once was to stay where I was . |
| 13 | It was an all-night show , the first I 'd ever been to . |
| 14 | I gave my top group your algebra homework today they said Pau is this Paul 's homework , I said yes that 's not fair I said why is n't it fair ? |
| 15 | ‘ Apparently I was furious I had not been consulted … |