Example sentences of "[adj] i [vb past] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had only brief glimpses of the parrot as it flew across gaps in the canopy , and with that I had to be content . |
| 2 | In the next letter he wrote me , dated 7 May , he announced that he was to have a holiday ; and this I knew to be much overdue . |
| 3 | At seven years old I determined to be a great footballer . |
| 4 | No matter how realistic and cautious I tried to be about changes at home , in my heart I only wanted reassurance that things would be as before . |
| 5 | And I 'm awfully glad I happened to be passing . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm glad I happened to be awake , ’ I said , ‘ but I must go now . |
| 7 | While you waited to see me , you had plenty of time to reflect on just how good I had to be to afford a suite of offices like this one . |
| 8 | ‘ All I asked for was a month 's peace and quiet to get some work done . |
| 9 | In the winter of 1518 all I cared about was surviving and life was hard in Paris . |
| 10 | Quite early , I made up my mind that all I wanted to be was a top flight boxer , to follow Jack Johnson in my own way and become the first black British heavyweight champion . |
| 11 | But in 1914 I wanted to be purely English so as to be able to offer myself untainted to Lily . |
| 12 | This is the truth my lad and the first I made for was for the that , just off Canada , is is New Foundland ? |
| 13 | First I had to be cleansed — this meant drinking a lot of medicated water and throwing it up again . |
| 14 | I know next to nothing about wild flowers , and what little I do know I learnt largely when I was a pink-kneed " Boy Sprout " in Manchester and in order to pass some badge or other I had to be able to burn some dough on a stick over an open fire , make smoky porridge and recognise six kinds of trees and flowers from their leaves and blossoms . |
| 15 | ‘ When I was young I dreamed of being like her . |