Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was sure to take good care . |
| 2 | ‘ I was fortunate to find this shelter , ’ said Mrs Wright . |
| 3 | But I reminded myself that I was fortunate to have any sort of job , and that I would certainly get used to teaching these girls , who , although they were very poor , might be as good and as intelligent as children from the greatest families in England . |
| 4 | I am a great fan of Ginny 's but I must admit I was upset to see this picture as Murphy must obviously be in pain . |
| 5 | This meant that not only did the boots weigh more than a small car , but I was obliged to wear four pairs of socks to stop my feet moving about in them and turning my heels into chilli con carne . |
| 6 | I was pleased to lose Long John and began to enjoy looking around this strange island . |
| 7 | I was not involved at all until the open meeting , which I attended and where I was pleased to have this opportunity to give my own personal views . |
| 8 | They were happy to learn that I was alive , and I was pleased to find some family . |
| 9 | I was disappointed to see this move cut when they showed the goals on MOTD . |
| 10 | As a second , hypothetical example , suppose that I was keen to make some contribution to human physiology or anatomy , and suppose I noted that very little work has been done on the weight of human earlobes . |
| 11 | I was enormously impressed by a recent Thorofon CD of the four-art Fantasias for viols ( ) , and so I was delighted to see six-part works follow them in time for the quatercentenary of Jenkins 's birth this years . |
| 12 | Slaven said : ‘ Obviously , I was delighted to score three goals in front of our fans . |
| 13 | I was delighted to hear English voices reply . |
| 14 | He said afterwards : ‘ I was delighted to find total agreement between the CLA and the Minister on the need for creating increased employment in the countryside , and on the crucial role of landowners in developing a thriving rural economy and attractive environment . |
| 15 | I was disgusted to see Pink Floyd heading the ‘ Go Away ’ list . |
| 16 | I was grateful to have this work to do . |
| 17 | I WAS shocked to receive this morning a letter from AI in an envelope bearing the question : ‘ What man will marry them now that their lives have been ruined ? ’ |
| 18 | So it ca n't be a very big fridge because they they had one here before and I was lucky to get four cartons of orange in there and one bottle and you 've had it . |
| 19 | Having appeared to saddle Eliot with reading Sorel 's book , I was reluctant to impose further tasks on him . |
| 20 | So I was surprised to encounter one firm with a collection of what really did look like my sort of junk . |
| 21 | He added : ‘ I was staggered to learn that limestone was to go from Redmire to Redcar by road when we were told in 1988 that British Steel could n't get enough of it and had put on an additional train . |
| 22 | Thank you for all your contributions over the last year , and please accept my apologies if I have n't been able to use an article that you 've sent , hopefully the next issue will contain those for which due to lack of space I was unable to include this time . |
| 23 | Never having flown in an aeroplane , I was unable to corroborate this view . |
| 24 | However , the under-manager of the society pointed out to us both in the politest possible terms that I was unable to withdraw one penny of the deposit until the first full year had been completed . |
| 25 | I was unable to detect any knocking from the drive-shafts , protests from the power steering or ‘ pulling ’ from the brakes . |
| 26 | For the first two weeks of the pilot study I was unable to request any X-rays . |
| 27 | And I take this opportunity to say that , erm , I had , I moved this at budget revue , and my intention was to move erm , pretty much the wording that Mr moved at property , but I was unable to obtain that wording by the time of the meeting , so I put this forward , erm , knowing that it obviously was different words , but but with that same sense , that we do have to address some very real issues about County Farms and not to pussyfoot about it I think that er , any comparison between the County Farms and a commercial enterprise is a coincidence of terms , but I ca n't see how we can have forty million pounds worth of estate , as it 's valued on the free market , to be making two hundred and ninety-one thousand pounds a year out of it , and think that that is commercial . |
| 28 | We tend to think of these beautiful insects as being very brightly coloured but when I began experimenting I was unable to get convincing results . |
| 29 | When I examined the new drugs , I was glad to see some acriflavine — a useful all-round skin antiseptic which has to be used with a bandage to prevent evaporation because of its alcohol base . |
| 30 | ‘ Not too bad , ’ came the reply , ‘ but I was glad to get that surplice off and get my trousers back on again . ’ |