Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a human observer sets out to interpret the " emotions " of a rat what else can he do except say of himself : " Now if I were that rat , how should I feel ? " |
| 2 | varies it 's only three hundred , especially if I were that |
| 3 | ‘ How I wish that I were that dog ! ’ |
| 4 | And suddenly , I was that same , frightened Dorothy all over again . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a long time since I was that — if I ever was . ’ |
| 6 | I have rarely been angrier than I was that day . |
| 7 | I am now sure I was that boy in an earlier life . |
| 8 | In those dark days I was that uncomfortable mixture of martyr and guilty inadequate , which made me alternate between the guilt of holding people back and the fury that they did n't offer to stop without being asked . |
| 9 | I was that young PC . ’ |
| 10 | Everyone always wants to knock a man off the top — I know , I was that man . |
| 11 | ‘ I probably committed more fouls in that game than I have throughout my entire career — I was that determined to do well . ’ |
| 12 | I was that confident . |
| 13 | I was that cocky . |
| 14 | I do n't daydream about things in my future very much because I must admit I have n't got much to daydream for — because I 'm very lucky , I 've got a lovely house , a lovely husband ; we go on lovely holidays , we lead a nice social life , I 've got lovely clothes — I ca n't really daydream and say I wish I was this , I wish I was that . |
| 15 | I was that busy , y'know , getting up , going out to score , having a toot , going out again to score , that I did n't even realise what was going on . |
| 16 | ‘ If I 'd known I was that unpopular … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You see , Jinkwa , ’ he concluded inevitably , ‘ I was that soldier . ’ |
| 18 | I was that content with being a mother I 'd decided I did n't want a job until my daughter went to secondary school . |
| 19 | A couple of days later I was that fed up I got myself in trouble . |
| 20 | So I got up , but I was that s weak I had to sit down again and er the n the nurse that come in she said , You stop there till doctor comes . |
| 21 | I went to work Monday and I could n't get out come downstairs for the week I was that stiff . |
| 22 | They were dead , since I was that small . ’ |
| 23 | I was that deadly ! ’ |
| 24 | days and er but And so the father saw that he was safely there and the other Then when he came back he went into the house and said to Duncan er Was you speaking to the old John old John MacGregor and f He said I was that and he said I 'll let you see what my man got , and this was the little bag of gold . |
| 25 | ‘ When I was that age , I slunk about in an agony of embarrassment in case anybody looked at me . ’ |
| 26 | And this about half past two the day I , I was that sick , vomited and then I took the bile |
| 27 | I took part in the obstacle course which when I was that age I found it difficult . |
| 28 | ‘ The fact is , I was that baby , and I know I was born here twenty years ago — ’ |
| 29 | I was that for about , I soon got fed up with that job . |
| 30 | It was just really terrible I mean the first I was just scared stiff that I never could n't enjoy the dance on Sanday I was that scared of the thought coming back . |