Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adj] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , for several weeks both Monty and I were relieved of any responsibility in the matter and turned our attention to other and more profitable activities ; but I was foolish in the expectation that I should long be left in peace . |
| 2 | ‘ Arianna and I were wrong for each other in dozens of ways . |
| 3 | But my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science and I were aware of some uncertainty about the place of adults within the new policy framework and the arrangements that would apply to them . |
| 4 | ‘ I was upset over that telegram my beloved son sent . |
| 5 | ‘ At first I was upset by this development , ’ said one official , ‘ but then I realised that with so many places selling the same things either they would go bust or they would have to channel their efforts into other , more necessary things . ’ |
| 6 | I was pleased with this reflection , and so convoluted is the human mind that I ceased to take pride in my lack of pride and was proud that I had found myself capable of it . |
| 7 | I remember , again a few years ago , visiting India and buying one or two beautifully carved tables , which had obviously been carved by an individual spending quite a lot of time doing it , and I was impressed at that stage , rather naively perhaps , that if in fact I 'd bought a plain table , an uncarved one , it would have cost me about ten times as much , for the simple reason that that would require a milling machine which was not normally available , and such was the erm economy that it was cheaper for people to do this . |
| 8 | While I was opposed to that operation , I have the highest respect for our armed forces personnel , and — for rather quaint reasons — I have great sympathy and respect for members of the Royal Military Police . |
| 9 | There were moments when he took on too much ; and although I pursued the matter of our volume only because he had invited me to do so , I soon realized that I was asking more than I should have done , especially as I was uncertain at any moment whether my collaborators saw eye to eye with me about the scope of our project . |
| 10 | I was confident by this time that I was safe , despite retaining my poor showing at school , but I was in a new trade — Metal Rigger — and was , by result , as good as most . |
| 11 | Benjamin looked at me in surprise but , I 'll be honest , I was tired of this subterfuge and Catherine seemed the friendliest person we had met since this horrible business had begun . |
| 12 | As I retreated , putting one foot down in front of the other on the stony path , I reflected that I was tired of this place , that it had the dry consistency of chaff . |
| 13 | But I could set up this magazine , I was good at that sort of thing . |
| 14 | The essence of being a good child is taking on the perspective of those who are more powerful than you , and I was good in this way as my sister never was . |
| 15 | First suggesting I was involved in some insurance fraud and then as good as saying Mom walked out on us ! |
| 16 | Like — the other day I was involved in this drama group with quite a few tutors . |
| 17 | It was very embarrassing and I was shocked at this behaviour from a person I had thought of as kind of shy and introverted . ’ |
| 18 | I was fond of that duvet because I thought it was hers . |
| 19 | The only other Hurricane of which I was aware at this time was flown by Hamish Hamilton , which was ahead and to my left . |
| 20 | I was pleased , too , but now I was worried about that phone call . |
| 21 | Although the substance of the issue contained little of specific interest to me , I was surprised by some thing in the letters section from a Mr Paull of Clapham . |
| 22 | I was stuck with that age even though at least a year had gone by . |
| 23 | ‘ I felt as though I was stuck in this network of electrical impulses . |
| 24 | I felt as though I was stuck in this network or maze of electrical impulses . |
| 25 | I was single-minded on that point . ’ |
| 26 | Needless to say I was staggered at this result . |
| 27 | ( I was glad at this time to remember that a woman in our own suburb had said to her once , ‘ I think you are the most attractive girl in the village ! ’ ) |
| 28 | Okay , I , I , I 'm glad , I , I 'm glad I was confused on that point , because if I had n't been , I might not have have er |
| 29 | He heard on the grapevine that I was interested in this place , and came to me , not without considerable risk to himself . ’ |
| 30 | As he said to us 42 years later , ‘ I was interested in some kind of sense , that I descended from Aaron , that I was some kind of high priest . |