Example sentences of "[verb] i was [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she realized I was a good thief and knew how to use a knife , she got to like me . |
| 2 | But I did n't think I was a pretty child at all . |
| 3 | To hear her talk you 'd think I was the hired help . |
| 4 | I do n't know if it was because it never happened , or because they did n't think I was the right person to talk to . ’ |
| 5 | But it was of no avail , and as the time passed I was the unwilling witness of the gradual transition from heartiness to silence , then to something like panic . |
| 6 | ‘ I went into analysis because I realised I was a dangerous character — I mean this suicidal , self-destructive instinct I had . |
| 7 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
| 8 | By the time Don Black , lyricist of Tell Me On A Sunday and Aspects of Love , and one of the funniest men in the Western Bloc , came in to the studio to be interviewed I was a frothing heap . |
| 9 | Others say I was a good judge by staying home . |
| 10 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 11 | I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men . |
| 12 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 13 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 14 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through … |
| 15 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 16 | Same country accent : I tried practising it in my head , pretending I was a rosy-cheeked barmaid serving cider . |
| 17 | I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy . |
| 18 | He must have thought I was an absolute philistine — if they have those in Vietnam — I mean China — I mean Vietnam ! |
| 19 | ‘ Look , ’ Polly tried desperately , ‘ I admit I was wrong to let you believe I was an experienced sailor . |
| 20 | I do n't think anyone would even realize I was a Civil Servant . |
| 21 | ‘ He said he could see I was a young man with all his wits about him . ’ |
| 22 | When my own daughter was born I was a single parent , and had to work to pay the bills , so I missed the best years of her childhood . |
| 23 | One evening when we were watching the show , I looked around and discovered I was the only person awake in the room . |
| 24 | I know I was a brilliant Bottom but you should have seen her Titania . |
| 25 | I make no excuse by saying I was a mere apprentice to Sam . |
| 26 | And I suppose I was an average sort of of of pupil . |
| 27 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
| 28 | Our Tory MP did jump off his LandRover to shake my hand and take one of my leaflets the other day , but as far as I could tell I was the only voter he met that morning . |
| 29 | I changed my first name because I actually felt I was a new person . |
| 30 | She felt I was an undesirable influence , you coming from Methodist stock . ’ |