Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] was the " in BNC.

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1 I asked what was the oldest part of the farm and was shown a flagstone path leading down to a valley .
2 I asked what was the problem and they told me not to bother my pretty head with scum .
3 And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever .
4 Well when we got it home I realized it was the battery lead that was just a little bit of lead
5 And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said .
6 that Robert 's already gone over , but I actually got the impression that erm I that you did n't feel relaxed in what you were doing , you knew what you were talking about but erm you did n't feel relaxed and if I 'd 've been your customer then I , I certainly would n't have felt relaxed either and and that 's the impression that I got which was the completely opposite of Robert .
7 I expected it was the loss of her husband , so I bought some material and made bead bags , and bags I filled with chalks , and a small drawing board for her quite intelligent little girl .
8 I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men .
9 When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field .
10 I pretended I was the photographer and she pretended she was the writer .
11 I assumed it was the deliberate policy of an amateur sport towards a ‘ public service ’ . ’
12 I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy .
13 I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means .
14 ‘ I killed her in the field because I believed she was the devil . ’
15 I 've just been up to the Wembley exhibition of word processor , and one of the things I noticed there was the increasing number of processors and packages which I think you would describe as friendly or at least semi-friendly to , to help people .
16 I reckoned he was the minister Clare was planning to denounce and I set about trying to discover his secret for myself . ’
17 I guessed it was the shock of Froggy 's death , and the tension of caddying for one of his contracted professionals .
18 I guessed it was the bald man 's son .
19 From the foam on it I guessed it was the first out of the keg that evening .
20 On answering the phone I discovered it was the manager of my football team , Bob , to say that due to a waterlogged pitch the game was off .
21 I figured it was the best way to keep the interaction between the guitar and the lyrics , which is the whole point for me .
22 Playing tunes that bring a smile to my face and a sentimental tear to my eye , for the last time that I heard them was the day of the first Gittel 's wedding .
23 But when she married and moved to a distant part of the country , I decided it was the moment for me to change my life too .
24 I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson .
25 I felt I was the lamb to the slaughter .
26 I felt it was the most likely place .
27 I felt it was the least I could do . ’
28 I could see , and I knew what was the appropriate emotional response to , say , a beautiful day , but I could n't feel it .
29 ‘ It sounds corny , but as soon as I saw her I knew she was the one , ’ said Blanc , whose first marriage broke up during the difficult years when he was struggling to build up his reputation .
30 Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life .
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