Example sentences of "and [pron] was [adj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blood came pumping out and I was sure I was going to die . |
| 2 | I heard him whispering to my master all evening , and I was sorry I had laughed at him . |
| 3 | And I was disappointed I went and say , Hey |
| 4 | I said I 'd prefer a man because women were a problem area for me and I was frightened I 'd push the therapist into a certain role by flirting with her if she was young and attractive , or feeling dependent on her if she was my mother 's age . |
| 5 | Everybody wanted me to succeed , and I was scared I would fail . |
| 6 | It was a pilgrimage I had had to make , and I was glad I had made it . |
| 7 | This , then , was my first thought : I was not dead and I was glad I was not dead . |
| 8 | It looked a pleasant enough place in which to spend a period of compulsory leisure and I was glad I did not have to share it with anyone . |
| 9 | Although I could not see his face , there was something unpleasing about him and I was glad I had a weapon . |
| 10 | As I had to go to Beskett this young woman had not long been married and she always used to ask me to call at her house in Palfrey , cos I used to go on a bike not in a van , on a carrier bike , she used to ask me to call at her house in Palfrey to see if there were any mail from her husband and he was , there sometimes was sometimes there was n't nothing you know that he 'd written and er one day I 'd got back and er she was all in tears and er he , he had been killed in France and I was glad I did n't have to be the harbinger of the times you know she still lives in Palfrey now Mrs yeah . |
| 11 | And I was lucky I noticed them . |
| 12 | She had certainly not meant to , and she was glad I was happy . |
| 13 | I went past this woman 's door , her name was Emily , and it was like I was passing a huge vulva , so big it has a desk inside , and I decided that what I should do is make an actual photocopy of my dick , in fact two copies , one before coming , one after , and leave these , along with an asterisk memo , on her desk . ’ |
| 14 | And it was like I was n't there . |
| 15 | ‘ Lemurs are a delicacy in Madagascar and it was all I could do to stop my fellow passengers eating them , ’ he says . |
| 16 | She was heavy and it was all I could do not to let her slide through my arms . |
| 17 | What was truth and what was fancy I could not know . |