Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] i was " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in the end , even the chairman agreed I was right . |
| 2 | I did not want our enemy to know I was here , but I wanted to be near enough to make sure that you and Sir Henry were safe . |
| 3 | BELVILLE : [ desperately ] Once the Countess discovered I was married she resolved we should enter into a system devoted to Platonic Love , in which sex was to have no manner of concern … |
| 4 | Her most ingenious moment on Whose Line Is It Anyway ? was one the public never saw : ‘ We once did the nativity play in which I portrayed a paranoid shepherd convinced I was n't following a star , it was following me . ’ |
| 5 | As my transsexual obsession deepened I was prone to bouts of morbid depression and I spent a great deal of time thinking about suicide ; suicide was almost a twin obsession at times . |
| 6 | Mum noticed I was in a rather strange mood . |
| 7 | Anyway , mum says I was restless when I returned from my second holiday there . |
| 8 | The unnatural silence in the Home showed I was last out . |
| 9 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 10 | ‘ Nana said I was always hungry . ’ |
| 11 | The last time I went ice skating I was pregnant , but I did n't know . |
| 12 | He and Rosie were both impressed by the loose creance work I was doing , so I took a deep breath and removed all the equipment , except for the jesses . |
| 13 | I did n't experience sexism 'til I was an adult . ’ |
| 14 | When evening came I was afraid I could n't trust her , because I did n't know how much you suspected , what clever questions you might have to get at the truth . ’ |
| 15 | When the community charge arrived I was about to retire . |
| 16 | ‘ Nature decided I was meant for hats very early on . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You do remember me , do n't you , luv ? ’ she pleaded , searching for eye contact I was trying to avoid . |
| 18 | When I was about to take O-level Art and my teacher said I was a disaster , my father was shamed into giving me an intensive course ( 'I ca n't have a daughter not passing ’ ) and taught me painting , pastel drawing , cross-hatching , line drawing . |
| 19 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 20 | Mr Nesbit , who took this decision , said : ‘ When the match ended I was conscious of part of the Sunderland crowd starting to leave the stadium and if the team had come out people attempting to leave might have tried to return and this could have led to conflict on the steep Spion Kop terraces . ’ |
| 21 | I knew what I was doing ; I was thoroughly prepared ; but that did n't mean that when the day came I was n't in a state of nervous collapse . |
| 22 | ‘ I also had four days to be nervous and by the time the big day arrived I was all nervoused out . |
| 23 | ‘ By the time my friend arrived I was exhausted and in a foul mood and so was Graeme . |
| 24 | By the time the phone rang I was well beneath the label . |
| 25 | I scribbled 2 or 3 lines to my friend saying I was sorry circumstances had arisen to prevent my meeting him , sent the note off to my groom , and went on reading the ms . |
| 26 | Walking back through the jungle I thankfully did n't come across any trap-door spiders but as dusk fell I was entranced by a cluster of trees which were suddenly lit up like Christmas trees by the thousands of glow-worms out for a night of passion . |
| 27 | I am sure his wife thought I was in league with Set . ’ |
| 28 | I had drunk too much and woke in the night knowing I was damned . |
| 29 | I put a paper to the board saying I was not sure we could overcome all the difficulties and we might in the event have to quit the business altogether . |
| 30 | I did n't want your father to know I was back , for fear he 'd want to hold me . ’ |