Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took part in the obstacle course which when I was that age I found it difficult . |
| 2 | yes yes , yes I was surprised people I suppose most people have seen those before actually |
| 3 | Oh I was massive man I had a double chin an'all . |
| 4 | Disappointment followed , the lurid projector of mental pictures shut down and I was left feeling I ought to have known better . |
| 5 | I think my G P actually sent me further down hill into anorexia after I 'd lost about , about when I was seven stone I went to see her , I 'd never seen her before and she said well you look perfectly acc , sociably acceptable to me so I went on to lose two more stone before going back to see her and was admitted to hospital as a medical emergency ! |
| 6 | I mean it was a bit loud because it was live music I suppose but it was n't a bad night . |
| 7 | So that you can in the end , when I came to do it , although it was seventeen people I did n't find it too difficult . |
| 8 | ‘ If you 're — uh — gay , as they insist on calling it these days , then I 'll just have to accept it , but I shall always blame myself , always wonder where I went wrong with you , wonder whether it was that school I sent you to , I was never sure if it was a mistake or ’ |
| 9 | Oh , it was eighteen months I should imagine , I was doing quite well , I 'd been praised by the head electrician and everything , for further advancement till er that particular incident stopped it . |
| 10 | And while I continued to make my contribution , I really did feel it was high time I started looking out for number one . |
| 11 | Turning to face Luce , his hands thrust into the pockets of his beige trousers , he went on , ‘ Last year I decided it was high time I had a wife and family . |
| 12 | I thought it was Candid Camera I could n't stop laughing . |
| 13 | Well it was steady income I was in the house every night my wife was happy . |
| 14 | ‘ It was some research I was doing at Cambridge into the Black Death , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Yes , well er I was saying er it was this Mr I think it was , but it was to do with er a big firm in at the time and they wanted er some locks at Liverpool |
| 16 | It was this guy I met in a cafe . |
| 17 | It 's colder than it was this morning I think . |
| 18 | And I looked out the window , I could n't see anybody next thing a car moved off so whether it was same crowd I do n't |
| 19 | That 's no good , because then the true worth of the child is not coming out , and at that age I mean , what had started it was last year I I did n't want him to do it . |
| 20 | I know it was last year I was really annoyed . |
| 21 | But here , that 's still where it was last time I checked my watch . |
| 22 | It was another shop I went to . |
| 23 | Erm my nan remembers him , was it somebody called , no no he was another character I think he sold newspapers , but erm I do , I do remember him er They 've always erm tried to get some entertainment on the pitch though prior to the matches to try and make it a family thing you know , I , I think Watford are the best club for that you know , because they , the supporters seem to take all the family along , as my son said when they went down there to the Cup replay they are very much a family sort , they do n't get a lot of trouble at Watford either . |