Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] [vb pp] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was emotionally prepared because I had just had what seemed to me then an incredibly traumatic experience . |
| 2 | In that first week , Dulcie was planning a programme of ballets with the school , and I was immediately cast as Kostchei — almost entirely a mime role — in her own version of The Firebird , called Russian Tale . |
| 3 | That 's when I was finally diagnosed as having Acne Vulgaris . ’ |
| 4 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |
| 5 | And er I was well known if I might say and proud of this Michael . |
| 6 | I can not resist the admission that I was profoundly flattered when a telephone call from Harold Wilson at Downing Street invited me to mediate on the basis that , so far as they could see , I was for the moment the only tolerable candidate . |
| 7 | ‘ I was profoundly unnerved when I read the screenplay ; quite shaking with fear and disturbance . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In a way they were right but , thankfully , I was never hanged though I was close to it on many occasions . |
| 10 | I was really touched when all the McCarthys drove up with a few bits and pieces . |
| 11 | ‘ But I was really transformed when I went to Australia . |
| 12 | I WAS really gobsmacked when I saw your picture of a catwalk model parading a hat with a toy airplane on it . |
| 13 | With these items in the house , I was better prepared than most . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I enjoyed the race immensely because I was better trained than I have been previously and , of course , it is always rewarding when you better your personal best . |
| 15 | Whether it was McColgan or Meyer , I was fully prepared so I could go faster than them in the closing stages . ’ |
| 16 | Cos I wa , I was directly involved when I did a hell of a lot of work for Marconis , they sent me up to Glenrossi 's cos they got a micro er , electronics factory up there doing micro-chips , and one of the big coal mines up there had just been closed down and they said well , there 's no doubt about it , you know wha what we got ta do is re-train the miners ! |
| 17 | Again I was personally involved because I was one of White Waltham 's Commanding Officers during the last few years of my Service career . |
| 18 | ‘ I was so suprised when I got the letter telling me about the award that I burst into tears , ’ says Joan , a widow . |
| 19 | I think I was so detached when I first had her because of the mental blockage , and the labour , and the birth was so messy and horrible . |
| 20 | ‘ I was severely criticised because my hair was too long and loose , apparently reflecting a loose bourgeois morality ! |
| 21 | I was once deceived as to the value of counterpoint . |
| 22 | I was less moved than ever by M. Chaillot 's little lecture on his responsi-bilities to the public purse . |
| 23 | ‘ You were right , ’ he admitted , ‘ but I was whoolly riled when I heard what you thought on her . ’ |
| 24 | I was totally overwhelmed because the guarantee for the original pump was two years . |
| 25 | I was absolutely devastated because we thought we had done nothing wrong . |
| 26 | Hence , it is likely that she was openly acknowledged as his consort , and was present when he was chosen as king in 1016 . |
| 27 | She was also injured as was her son Ziggy , who 's 19 . |
| 28 | She thought she saw a hint of admiration in his eyes , but knew that she was utterly mistaken when , totally impersonally , he said , ‘ Shall we return to the drawing-room for coffee ? ’ |
| 29 | She 's wasting no time on me , Kate thought , as she was deftly served before the girl turned back to show Ace her white teeth once again . |
| 30 | The events of the last year had left her mentally drained while she was physically exhausted because of her chronic illness . |