Example sentences of "[that] i was [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not ashamed to admit that I was encountering the vast majority of the fish on show for the first time . |
| 2 | At the north-western tip of the island I picked malotira , on the long empty golden beach of Phalasarna , thinking from its exotic perfume that I was gathering the famous dittany of Crete which grows nowhere else but on this island . |
| 3 | A harassed young intern assisted by a cool , pretty nurse ( called Ruth , from Stanmore ) told me that I was bucking the statistical trend by having three fingers smashed between the knuckle and the phalangeal joint . |
| 4 | ‘ As a cover , I had told everybody that I was remixing the original Abba songs . |
| 5 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 6 | If God would provide accommodation for my family while I was away , preferably with friends , and convince my parents that I was doing the right thing , then I would know that the trip was on . |
| 7 | I wanted to be sure that I was doing the right thing and would n't regret it . |
| 8 | Not at all sure that I was doing the right thing , I fumbled towards the nearest dish for a finger-load of food , and turned to Sadria . |
| 9 | ‘ I told him that I did n't give a rat 's arse , and that I was doing the best I could . ’ |
| 10 | I had found myself staggering from one situation to the next … we decided then that I was doing the same thing wrong you see , and so we looked at the actual practice … |