Example sentences of "that i [was/were] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | From her flustered expression and the fact that I was n't instantly told to mend my manners , I knew she felt guilty . |
| 32 | Well then my parents would have to accept it would n't they , they would have to have face face face up to the fact that I was n't already married . |
| 33 | I escaped with a few scars and I have no doubt that my greatest support was the knowledge that I was n't economically dependent on my family . |
| 34 | But I made it perfectly clear — or at least I thought I did , ’ Blufton added , spreading his palms in a gesture of openness , ‘ that I was n't actually offering her the job . |
| 35 | She resented the fact that I had children of my own and that I was n't as desperate to have them as she was . |
| 36 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |
| 37 | ‘ Well , yes , ’ she said , looking hurt that I was n't more impressed . |
| 38 | And the little Springbok insisted : ‘ When McColgan broke her field in Japan , it 's a good job for her that I was n't there . |
| 39 | ‘ The ridiculous thing is that I was n't remotely attracted to Karen . |
| 40 | Lack of funds in the past meant that I was n't always able to see the job through . ’ |
| 41 | I felt sick when she praised the lead , knowing that I was n't really coping . |
| 42 | ‘ Well , if it comes to that I was n't too happy either ! ’ |
| 43 | When I was due to arrive in Tasmania to stay with a geologist colleague , Penny Green , you can imagine that I was n't too displeased when I was asked if I minded going on the odd fishing trip as the whole family was ’ into ’ it ! |
| 44 | He told me that the oxygen mask had pulled away from my face some , and that I was probably just blacking out . |
| 45 | I 've made some well some very big sacrifices especially early on in my career when nobody would have known that I was probably even in the country . |
| 46 | ‘ Although I did n't have any live playing experience — I 'd never done the youth club/dance band/pub/club thing — I still felt that I was technically quite good , having evolved my style from playing along to records . |
| 47 | The normal processes of consultation took place , and after one or two false alarms , during which I kidded myself that I was perfectly all right , I ultimately found myself in the regulation NHS nightshirt , sitting amidst expectant mothers , in the gynaecology section of the Royal Hampshire County Hospital , waiting to sample the wonders of the ultra-scan . |
| 48 | ‘ I know I 'm no angel , Robyn , I know my temper gets the better of me at times , but you must understand the pressure that I was under too . |
| 49 | When I awoke this morning , I felt a teeny twinge of regret that I was still here . ’ |
| 50 | I wanted Duke Michael to think that I was still very ill , so we told the newspapers that the King had had a very serious accident . |
| 51 | I was apologetic that I was apparently so inexperienced and free of everything . |
| 52 | At approximately 1,500 feet I opened my eyes again and to my joy realised that I was very much lower down . |
| 53 | Francis Bacon : I know that I was very much influenced by Picasso , especially when I was young , but now you 're so flooded with illustrations of everything , that you hardly know in the end what you 're principally influenced by . |
| 54 | And I ca n't believe , looking back , that I was so monumentally stupid . ’ |
| 55 | He lay face down beside me , not knowing that I was now painfully aware that the threads which bound me to home and the inevitable marriage had snapped once and for all . |
| 56 | ‘ This is a zoo , ’ I muttered to myself , failing to realize that I was now also supposedly less than human . |
| 57 | ‘ I did n't like the academia of being the physician and I thought that I was far too clumsy to be a surgeon , ’ he says . |
| 58 | Yeah , I was always well er in that particular class from that I was always either the top of the second or the third at geography . |
| 59 | The truth of the matter — that I was never really a punk — can be gleaned from the fact I wrote to her later , and apologized . |
| 60 | He gave me a quick look to check that I was really there , and an even quicker look round the garden to see if there were any other responsible local citizens around to witness this triumphant affirmation of an afterlife . |