Example sentences of "was [that] i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What made things particularly difficult was that I felt I was n't Black enough for my Black colleagues and that white workers picking up on the division used this to their advantage by divide-and-rule tactics . |
| 2 | I think that the real reason that I wanted to do Total recall was that I knew it might make me famous which then might help me get better parts . |
| 3 | When I was arrested in August , one charge against me was that I said I wanted free elections , ’ said Mr Carnogursky , aged 45 . |
| 4 | The most frightening thing was that I thought it would never stop . |
| 5 | All I said was that I thought it was a judgement from God that Blyth had first lost his leg and then had the replacement become the instrument of his downfall . |
| 6 | My problem , if you can call it that , at the time was that I thought I had all the natural talent in the world and did n't need to train . |
| 7 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 8 | The other factor against a return was that I reckoned it only a matter of time before they stopped being DINKS ( double income , no kids ) and became WHANnies ( ‘ We have a Nanny ’ ) . |
| 9 | The first thing I realised was that I liked her . |
| 10 | ‘ You know , the worst thing was that I missed it . ’ |