Example sentences of "that [pers pn] was [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was that I was painfully shy . |
| 2 | ‘ My only excuse is that I was pretty exhausted after my stay in the Middle East , and not totally reorientated after being awakened after such a short sleep . |
| 3 | I made the discovery , on moving to a country home with large , temperamental wood-burning stoves , that I was woefully ill-educated in the lighting and management of fires . |
| 4 | After a while , the feeling that I was completely alone in the world became less frightening . |
| 5 | because other things , oh one other thing that I was particularly keen that was taken into consideration is applications for training . |
| 6 | That 's a compliment , of course , but it did n't happen just because I was tall or that I was particularly athletic . |
| 7 | I was aware that I was slightly breathless . |
| 8 | Richard seemed to me to have changed so much , become humourless and uncertain-tempered , a family man who grumbled because his socks were not mended and his shirts not ironed properly , so that I was slightly nervous of him and also resentful : I felt that I had become , in his eyes , so much a wife , that he would see my new involvement as a nice occupation for me , like embroidery or dressmaking . |
| 9 | I think that I was also over-confident when going into that river as if I 'd done it all before and was some sort of expert . |
| 10 | I was so over-awed by the fact that he had sought out my company , that I was practically speechless . |
| 11 | Realising that I was piqued by the recognition that I was not singular even in what I had considered an inadequacy , I convicted myself of lack of humility . |
| 12 | I thought about this for a long time and slowly I realized that I was not extraordinary in this . |
| 13 | I should — ’ she hesitated — ‘ explain that I was not close to my father . |
| 14 | The fact that I was not alive when the munich thing happened — and that it happened so long ago — gives me far less problems with it than say heysel songs , hillsboro songs , and even racist ( black ) songs . |
| 15 | I am sufficiently egotistical to believe that one of the reasons why they failed was that I was not present . |
| 16 | ‘ That I was not heterosexual . |
| 17 | Bernini was arguably the most important architect and sculptor in my period and Charles had effectively indicated that I was not competent to lecture on him . |
| 18 | I reflected that I was not sure if I had ever been filled with the Holy Spirit , let alone spoken the word of God boldly . |
| 19 | I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I was not worried , but when he appeared I was shocked at how much he had changed even in such a short time . |
| 20 | Seeking without knowing what and going deeper into the forest , I noticed that I was not alone . |
| 21 | It is clear from everyone I asked to comment that I was not alone in thinking the evening was a resounding success . |
| 22 | During my sheltered youth I had two fleeting experiences which gave me some indication that I was not alone . |
| 23 | I was frightened that I was not alone , that there was a presence hiding in the air . |
| 24 | It was no help to discover that I was not alone in my distaste for the new order because , along with the ever-present sexism , I had to fight the crueller jibes of ageism . |
| 25 | but when I made enquiries about taking up the loan , I was told that I was not eligible for the funds because I was an existing borrower . |
| 26 | ‘ He took more than a proper liking to me , and when I indicated that I was not interested in his advances he had me cast off … without a reference , so that I can not find suitable employment . ’ |
| 27 | On mentioning that I was not happy to pay for a second hour of parking , for the privilege of waiting for their delayed train , I was told ‘ That 's no problem . |
| 28 | The minute stopped the Cabinet committee dead in its tracks — for the good reason that I was not prepared to go on . |
| 29 | I felt frustrated that I was not able to offer real hope or solutions . |
| 30 | My Lords , I er apologise first of all that I was not able to hear some of the earlier speeches in this Debate erm but it does seem to me a most interesting Debate and I have to confess that I always become slightly uneasy er when the great and the good , and I suppose we should collectively cast ourselves in that role of being the great and good of the establishment are all of one view and I wonder whether it is necessarily right and so I begin to question er whether your Lordships enthusiasm for many of these amendments and their attack upon the Government 's proposals is necessarily as soundly based as we might think if we just listen to casually to it all . |