Example sentences of "it was i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I read the rest of the story ; the gist of it was I had idled away a year on full pay and what was the Government going to do about it ? |
| 2 | Your ideas are rather undeveloped and ignorant and , after all , it was I who saw the solicitor . |
| 3 | It was I who needed to see him because of the broken nights , the strain involved in loss of sleep . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | You have admitted that it was I who caused all the evidence to fall into a pattern . |
| 6 | Are you wishing it was I had rolled under in the waves , not your father 's grandson , because he was hurt while saving your life ? |
| 7 | You wanted to wake up with him right there in the room and to turn to him and quote the next line of the film right back at him , to whisper it to him , make me almost believe that we are a pair of young lovers without any shame , and I do n't mean that in some tragedy queen way , but in order to say of Boy that truly I do think that it is a beauty like his that makes it all worth while , and I do feel that if we are fighting for anything , and if I was asked in a questionnaire what it was I was fighting for ( and believe me I do feel like I am fighting , more and more I think that ) , then I would answer , beauty . |
| 8 | Thinking that maybe this man was the right man , that maybe it was him I should ask him for directions , him who would take me home or wherever it was I was trying to get to . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Ironic — it was I who first introduced him to her . |
| 11 | I distinctly said that it was I who required the tuition . |
| 12 | After my fourth or fifth lesson I was able to see that it was I who was causing myself the discomfort . |
| 13 | ‘ He ate little and it was I who brought him food . |
| 14 | To remind you , it was I who scraped together your passage-money in the first instance . |
| 15 | I am not quite sure who it was I sat next to because I am such a slow eater that I did not have much time for conversation . |
| 16 | Towards the end of this review I put in a call to Ovation 's distributors , Korg UK , to check on some details , and after raving on about what a great guitar I though it was I was told that Korg did n't want it back . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ It was I who gave permission , as you were not there , ’ he said . |
| 19 | After all it was I who recommended them to use Nadirpur . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | , writes : MY mate claims that the best-selling single by the Beatles was Hey , Jude but I say it was I Want to Hold Your Hand . |
| 22 | Other times she made me promise to keep them for ever , to remember her by , and say a prayer She was a bit vague who it was I was to pray to . |
| 23 | ‘ Whatever it was I saw , if it was there , it did n't last long . |
| 24 | This is because I can always ask ‘ Would I still prescribe that action if it was I who had that desire ? ’ |
| 25 | Well , certainly , who ever it was I spoke to today said their files show they was , was still dealing with it . |
| 26 | ‘ Shall I tell you what it was I put my hand into , Jas ? ’ |
| 27 | They were being themselves , and it was I who was playing a game . |
| 28 | This time it was I who disintegrated . |
| 29 | Michael : It 's about sportsman and when he was seven he was a good football player and then when I was about ten or eleven I went swimming and then when I was about eleven I dived in without any — urn — with no water in the pool so I got eye-sighted and then , when I was about fourteen it was I played snooker and I had to do the strokes really good because I was eye-sighted . |
| 30 | Cos in a very profound sense this is true , and I was so glad that it was I think a very serious part of the flow of Dr Stuart 's report that he mentioned that the er s sense of the ministry of the whole people of God as being much more than a distant objective for us , but something of absolutely essential , vital importance to the whole life and service and outreach of the church . |