Example sentences of "[was/were] i [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were I her honoured guest , she could not have used me more generously . ’ |
| 2 | You know it was I I was n't really pleased about but it was a good evening . |
| 3 | So I was I I had my house full all through the war . |
| 4 | Erm , my story of this , was I I failed to recognise the role status . |
| 5 | Er yes I saw a small erm Afro-Caribbean child erm near the bed , whereabouts he was I I I I 'm not sure but it was near the bed . |
| 6 | Maybe by the t I mean so my lecturing style was I I geared if you like towards a more , you go off and do some reading based on the following topics and I agree with you , that was too vague given the the fact you 're not psychologists . |
| 7 | Where was I I never saw that . |
| 8 | because erm there will be oh what was I it 's alright I was concentrating said you can put the handbrake on these set of traffic lights if you like because you might be sat here a while and your foot will ache you know ? |
| 9 | Was I you , I 'd stay tucked up in bed . |
| 10 | I was conscious , too , of his fine , tanned hand holding the pencil , and of the occasional play of warm breath from his mouth , wholesome as home-baked bread , though he was a heavy smoker — much heavier than I. ft was I who introduced him to the Bisontes brand , a Spanish version of Lucky Strike , with a similar ‘ toasted ’ flavour . |
| 11 | Your ideas are rather undeveloped and ignorant and , after all , it was I who saw the solicitor . |
| 12 | It was I who needed to see him because of the broken nights , the strain involved in loss of sleep . ’ |
| 13 | Perkin knew it was I who had remembered that the floorboards should have floated , and on Monday he 'd seen the plank on the dining-room table and heard Doone and me talking in close private consultation . |
| 14 | You have admitted that it was I who caused all the evidence to fall into a pattern . |
| 15 | If I tell her it was I who was responsible for my wife 's death , she 'll turn away from me in horror and disgust . |
| 16 | Ironic — it was I who first introduced him to her . |
| 17 | I distinctly said that it was I who required the tuition . |
| 18 | After my fourth or fifth lesson I was able to see that it was I who was causing myself the discomfort . |
| 19 | ‘ He ate little and it was I who brought him food . |
| 20 | To remind you , it was I who scraped together your passage-money in the first instance . |
| 21 | It was I who had introduced Thessy to McIllvanney and who had secured him the job with Cutwater , but Bonefish had only allowed his son into the wide wicked world because of his trust in me . |
| 22 | ‘ It was I who gave permission , as you were not there , ’ he said . |
| 23 | After all it was I who recommended them to use Nadirpur . ’ |
| 24 | But it was I who was stupid , too stupid to see he had reason for wanting to establish what he thought of as respectable origins . |
| 25 | This is because I can always ask ‘ Would I still prescribe that action if it was I who had that desire ? ’ |
| 26 | They were being themselves , and it was I who was playing a game . |
| 27 | This time it was I who disintegrated . |
| 28 | It was I who raised it again , with my magic art — summoning it back to sight here on my island . |
| 29 | It was I who brought the Ildana 's Spear , fleeing from Gorias . ’ |
| 30 | It was I who was made to feel the intruder . |