Example sentences of "[noun] i was [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
2 | In my dreams I was admitting the full implications of my habit of self-denial , that is , that it amounted in effect to life-denial . |
3 | Our session started out as a posed picture for the photographer but in the end I was showing the former world champion my favourite trick shot — jumping the white over two reds into the middle pocket — and he was advising me about the exact position of the white and then how to pull off one of those complicated round-the-table shots . |
4 | I was just glad in a way I was dressing the Prime Minister and not Mrs Lawson . |
5 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
6 | All this time I was putting the finishing touches to our hero 's book . |
7 | I C I was given the unfortunate impression with management more interested in running a big chemical company than in maximizing shareholder returns . |