Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My agent was aghast when I did Freejack . |
| 2 | It also was emphatic that I reported back to him alone . |
| 3 | Yes , yes , yes and I would n't pay my rent because er ooh and I can tell you really the exact date when I er was pregnant because I know I quickened at the when it was first opened and er I was a waitress in the Room I think it was . |
| 4 | I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Her face was wrinkled with age but she looked friendly and her voice was pleasant when I heard her talk to the men . |
| 7 | MacQuillan was alive when I left him and in fighting form . ’ |
| 8 | The moment was complete when I realised that the action had also cured my arthritis and that I had n't needed the strategically-placed piece of double-sided sticky tape . |
| 9 | I think I was dry when I touched the side . ’ |
| 10 | Although it was dry when I visited it , Kirk Pot in the Upper Kirk is a deep pool in flood conditions . |
| 11 | Everyone was supportive when I dried up on my one and only line and we had to do it again . |
| 12 | JANE Gordon 's warning to US voters about election ploys was right but I think our politicians are more devious . |
| 13 | My guess was right when I thought they would get an awful lot from a Video Course , even though it was n't in their language . |
| 14 | I was right when I said having you here would do more for me than all the medicines in the world . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Sounds as though I was right when I decided to poke into the activities of INCUBUS — and Hauser … ’ |
| 16 | So the ammunition was there , the time was right and I think she enjoyed herself . |
| 17 | I thought this was odd so I mentioned it to my bank , who were seriously unimpressed . |
| 18 | I was never conscious that my attire was odd until I had my first normal boy 's gear . |
| 19 | ‘ Paul Wilkinson was outstanding but I felt the other front players were not effective . |
| 20 | ‘ When I came back from town Rocky was asleep so I knew something was wrong because normally he 's rushing to be let off the chain , ’ said Mr Taylor . |
| 21 | That was offset as I say by er this er I think it was I think it was twenty five pounds er sweetener from the Spastics Society . |
| 22 | She was upset because I had not been allowed to rest on the drive . |
| 23 | Schwantz said : ‘ I was upset when I saw Rainey come off . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He thought it was fabulous because I guess he just was n't used to living in all that space and the idea of living in this enormous rambling series of rooms appealed to him very much . |
| 26 | I discussed my feelings with the woman in question and I slept with her , but I deeply regretted it later on and was sorry that I had n't weighed up the consequences more thoroughly beforehand . |
| 27 | ‘ I was speechless when I heard that I had won , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Then , I believe , she was grateful that I had no prior distractions in my life . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I , on the other hand , was free as I had never been before : free of the boring business of examinations to be got through and jobs to be found , I was forming my life into a growing , organic design , normal and beautiful . |