Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] was [adv] [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had finished her lamb chops , and they were really top-hole , or she was so hungry that anything would have seemed like ambrosia , the food of the gods . |
| 2 | So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ And I was well aware that ‘ could n't ’ translated as ‘ would n't ’ . ’ |
| 4 | Benton and his Assistant Editor managed to keep the New Times of Burma going and we could still use the radio , but it was obvious that things were moving to a climax , and I was desperately afraid that violence would develop throughout the country . |
| 5 | I was sorry for her , but in my opinion she had only herself to blame for being in such a mess , and I was smugly self-satisfied that the problems were hers and not mine . |
| 6 | That summer her island trip was to Thásos , and I was particularly glad that she would go there as it entails flying to Kaválla , which can be the most desirable flight that a woman can make in Greece . |
| 7 | Furthermore , she showed no signs of hesitation in answering my questions regarding blood transfusions and I was therefore satisfied that she was capable of understanding and signing a declaration of refusal of blood products as relating to her subsequent obstetric procedure . ’ |
| 8 | We all had a pleasant evening , and I was very impressed that at the end so many people came and said , ‘ How can we help the University ? ’ |
| 9 | Well like , for example , we have excellent educational psychologists in Oxfordshire and erm we have advisers for children with special needs in Oxfordshire , and they are extremely useful people in helping out those many children who are not like the average run of children and have specific and particular problems , and I was very fearful that eventually an opted out school might turn its noses up at such children , and I think they needed protection , so that 's one example . |
| 10 | I got very friendly with Rudi Pensa and I was very keen that Rudi follow a quality path . |
| 11 | And I was very worried that neither of us would be with Sir Henry when he walked across the moor that night . |
| 12 | I knew what I was going out to and I was only concerned that there might be some hitch or delay , that I might get there and find that someone had made a mistake and I was n't due out for another six months — such was my anxiety to be released . |
| 13 | The comparison between Watteau & Picasso was illuminating , and I was quite surprised that he admired the Watteau , though I suppose it could be a case of one manneristic painter admiring another ? |
| 14 | To a child , the scale of the mountains is awesome , and I was never convinced that those white dots on the hillside were really sheep . |
| 15 | I had strained a muscle in my back , one of my toes looked septic , my finger was worse , and I was fairly certain that one of my jacket crowns was loose . |
| 16 | And I was always convinced that I would |
| 17 | ‘ I could see that he had not had a drink yet and I was doubly surprised that he seemed in a good mood . ’ |
| 18 | There was cramp in my neck and arms and I was so tired that it seemed almost as if a malevolent magnetism was trying to drag me to the ground . |
| 19 | I had n't eaten since my snackette supper the night before and I was so hungry that I would have eaten almost anything , even a plate of my grandmother 's famously awful creamed ham and carrots , the only dish I know to have been inspired by vomit . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I they were so good and I was so happy that the nursing went you see . |
| 22 | I could n't stop him and I was so frightened that horse , machine and me were going over that I jumped off . |
| 23 | I knew what he was getting at , of course , and I was so hurt that he should think he had to approach me in such a roundabout fashion — as if I was a terrible , uncharitable woman who had to be coaxed into a simple act of kindness — that I suggested it myself at once , though it was really the last thing I wanted . |
| 24 | Last year , for example , we put together a summer reading campaign with the Booksellers Association Charter Group , and I was perfectly happy that they should order via a wholesaler , in this case from Barnicoats . |
| 25 | She had n't accepted then — and she was pretty certain that she would n't do so now — his dismissive claim that it was solely due to the pressure of business . |
| 26 | She was not about to be drawn into any argument with the count and she was shakily aware that any of her usual remarks would bring swift retaliation , probably spectacular aerobatics that would have her screaming and confessing madly to the sin of femininity . |
| 27 | Her mind — and she was well aware that it was an elastic and enterprising mind — was quite open . |
| 28 | I had the uncanny feeling that the ghost of Sigmund Freud was chiding me for thinking this and she was clearly incensed that I could suggest that her father could have had any interest in religion whatsoever . |
| 29 | He answered the door himself , and she was painfully aware that once again his eyes seemed to study every part of her . |
| 30 | Her mind was divided between fear for her mother and worry about her father and Maureen and Tony , and she was immensely grateful that Helen was with her . |