Example sentences of "[conj] i [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on : ‘ Although I was already a member of the Church of England before joining the Friends ’ School in 1937 , I lean very much towards the Quaker faith . |
| 2 | ‘ It seemed to work OK , although I was always a bit worried Thom might take Eva from me — he still had her US passport . ’ |
| 3 | So I was selected as company runner , which meant that I was also a kind of servant , I forget the word … ’ |
| 4 | More recently the revelation that I was also a Punch columnist has provoked an equally predictable and ill-informed reaction . |
| 5 | That I was just a father , a husband — I 'd somehow ceased to exist as a person in my own right . ’ |
| 6 | What last thin pretence had remained that I was merely a guest lay discarded . |
| 7 | On leaving GLF in 1972 I did n't realize that I was now a separatist ; those of us who were did n't use the word . |
| 8 | From being a child to being an adult this apparent choice changed to the overriding , deep-rooted belief that I was actually a boy , that nature had somehow made a mistake biologically but that I was really a boy . |
| 9 | Recently , I was very surprised to find that I was willing to go to bed with a guy and have intercourse , but then discovered that I was really a bit repelled by the idea of having him kiss me . |
| 10 | From the day I first got an inkling of ‘ where babies come from ’ and taxed my mother with the proposition that I was therefore no relation to my father , I believed that it was me and me alone who had been responsible for all that pain and trouble called my birth . |
| 11 | From being a child to being an adult this apparent choice changed to the overriding , deep-rooted belief that I was actually a boy , that nature had somehow made a mistake biologically but that I was really a boy . |
| 12 | ‘ Off the field he was an established star and I was just a youngster . |
| 13 | ‘ I made an awful lot of money and I was still a reporter with The Northern ‘ I remember I would turn up to journalists ’ union meetings wearing a Walls ice cream coat . ’ |
| 14 | This was Eilean na Roin , and I was only a passer-by . |
| 15 | I had this plane a a low four nine engine and I was only a kid . |
| 16 | He was a strong man , and I was only a woman . |
| 17 | They took no notice of me ; they were creatures of the night , the air and the ocean , and I was only a piece of the land , meaningless , to be flown round like a boulder or a stump of wood . |
| 18 | At last it was over , and I was now the King of Ruritania ! |
| 19 | If I were still a Minister of my country you would be giving me real protection , day and night . |
| 20 | If I were truly a princess — it would be Prince Edward for me ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If I was just a film actor maybe I would have done because that 's where all the films get made . |
| 22 | In contrast , I was like my father , and I darkened rapidly in the sun until I was nearly the shade of terracotta . |
| 23 | But er it was only u until I left the school cos I was only a matter of eight when I left that school so er I was n't in a it was n't in any progressive sort of style then I mean we wer it was more rudiments of education that we were taught and er |
| 24 | But I was only a child , so I just stood and watched him out of sight and turned reluctantly to deliver his message . |
| 25 | but I was only a gingerbread woman |
| 26 | And we were called into this long room at the erm it was at House at and er there was all these well I considered them to be old men , they could n't have been so old you see but I was only a boy . |
| 27 | But I was never a Communist . |
| 28 | To some it will seem perverse to choose to inhabit that village-world of rural prejudice but I was never a town-child and the Scottish cities in particular hold no charms for me . |
| 29 | But I was really a ghost who came to call . |
| 30 | I had a great time with her , we were chatting away and I fancied there was a twinkle in her eye because I was quite a catch then . |