Example sentences of "mother [vb past] [conj] i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got home that night full of excitement , a state which was quickly changed when my mother discovered that I was well and truly inundated with horse fleas . |
| 2 | ‘ My mother died when I was born , and he died shortly after . |
| 3 | My mother died when I was two . |
| 4 | ‘ My mother died when I was very small , in transit to the colony on Mantikroz . |
| 5 | My mother died when I was fifteen , but I was brought up by a series of incompetent governesses and I saw little of either parent . |
| 6 | ‘ My mother died when I was ten , ’ she answered Tom Russell carefully . |
| 7 | ‘ My mother died when I was little more than a child , ’ he informed her quietly . |