Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] [verb] that i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was simply told that I had no vocation . |
| 2 | ‘ I was simply saying that I 'm not a total stranger to your country . ’ |
| 3 | When I think that up until last night I was even hoping that I might look at you and wonder what it had all been about — that I 'd feel nothing ! |
| 4 | ‘ I was also thinking that I was not feeling very well , I 'm tired , I do n't want to be here . |
| 5 | However that may be , I was soon to discover that I was not a natural disburser of ‘ my card ’ , and very few people received one . |
| 6 | I was so aggravated that I was prepared to believe Brenda on the switchboard was lying on his behalf , pretending there was no reply . |
| 7 | I was so overcome that I approached Shell and offered to buy it . ’ |
| 8 | I was so exhausted that I lay down and went to sleep . |
| 9 | I was so overwhelmed that I started to cry . |
| 10 | I kept talking to his mother and the girl at the cash-register , but I was so distracted that I did n't know what I was saying . |
| 11 | I was so cowed that I did n't even say who I was ; I pretended to be her . |
| 12 | I got involved in that so that by mid-1977 I was performing in a play which was actually saying that I was gay . |
| 13 | Erm that 's another thing that would may have persuaded me not to talk you into er self employed except you were already experiencing that I guess were you in timeshare ? |
| 14 | There was no mistaking that I was a very sick man . ’ |
| 15 | It was eventually agreed that I could be allowed to bring up the subject . |
| 16 | Under the circumstances then , perhaps it was wisely ordered that I never found a man to form that special relationship . |
| 17 | It was mainly books that I was trying to preserve . |
| 18 | Well , I was always going to be an artist and it was always assumed that I would leave South Africa and go to somewhere like Italy and study at an art school . |
| 19 | He was just checking that I had n't left for good , was glad that I had n't , and was that real coffee he could smell ? |
| 20 | Trippy was not really interested in my financial situation ; he was just checking that I was paying for dinner . |
| 21 | I remember , he was always insisting that I conduct the Prokofiev Fifth . |