Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | M J B three six seven X , you were right and I convinced you you were wrong . |
| 2 | However , a few newspapers were interested and I found myself giving about a dozen interviews . |
| 3 | But at least my goals were clear and I knew what I wanted . |
| 4 | Trainee chef Tom Wilkinson , 20 , said : ‘ The action sequences were entertaining and I rated the whole thing as pretty good . ’ |
| 5 | These were lozenge-shaped and I remembered them particularly because they were decorated with golden love knots . |
| 6 | The back kitchen was a lean-to , had no ceiling so the slates of the sloping roof were visible and I remember some of the roof timbers were country-cut , still displaying the odd sign of bark . |
| 7 | ‘ You were cold and I had to get you warm . |
| 8 | The World squad matches in New Zealand were great and I felt in fine fettle there but after injury in Australia it has been quite a struggle . |
| 9 | In the Southern the staff as always were great and I met a new doctor who told me that he was my brother in Jesus and in the hospitals I met many Christian nurses too . |
| 10 | There , they were brilliant and I felt as though they were just starting to work when finished . |
| 11 | that was my twenty first birthday we bought that on , so that was before Gary was born and er , that had black screw on legs as well , the televisions had black screw , oh we did n't have a television we had a second hand television about a year after we were married and I remember Coronation Street starting , that started about when we got married . |
| 12 | I wanted to go across to the hill and search for him , but we were tired and I remembered that Sir Henry might be in danger . |
| 13 | The sums of money were enormous and I told them that there would be no more money once it had been spent . ’ |
| 14 | I as a person did n't find that these changes were essential and I stated my opinion in erm in |
| 15 | You , erm , I use buses and cars and I use a bike as well , er , er I think that , we used to have a car and I stopped using it , I used it , we had it when the kids were small and I found it really good for getting them around and it really was necessary to young mothers but their big now and I do n't have to chauffeur . |
| 16 | ‘ What would you do if you were drunk and I ordered you to suck my cock ? ’ |
| 17 | They were big and I registered the yob uniform — jeans and bomber jackets . |
| 18 | For a second we were close and I saw his eyes . |
| 19 | Contracts of employment were unknown and I remember the gloom at home if Dad announced that the works were going on to short time . |
| 20 | Lili and I were silent and I wondered for a moment how I would be feeling if I was going to marry the man I loved — had loved , I amended in my mind , for surely even I could n't be so idiotic as to love still where I had met with such treachery . |
| 21 | My grades were excellent and I had had hands-on work experience with marketing agencies in the West End . |
| 22 | I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there . |
| 23 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 24 | So the ammunition was there , the time was right and I think she enjoyed herself . |
| 25 | and I was upset and I thought it was just that but no , it was about two weeks before that I went down with it . |
| 26 | There was only one peg that was ice-free and I predicted that if anything was caught at all that peg would be the last to produce . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , I know I 've been a trial to you ever since Mother died , and running away with Garry was n't the smartest thing I 've ever done , but at least I met Roman because I was foolish and I do n't think he 'll hold it against me , will he ? ’ |
| 28 | The road was wet and I kept telling him to go slower . ’ |
| 29 | But the floor was wet and I slid along before colliding with a slab of sprats , cod and ice which showered over me . |
| 30 | The morning was damp and I licked some dew from the lawn . |