Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She reminded me that I was a married man — forbade me to approach her or speak to her again in that way , but at the same time I knew I had made her think about the old days — the attraction we 'd had for each other which she could not deny . |
| 2 | I watched Alexander whore , drink , lecher and toady to your Edward and I knew that I was a better man . |
| 3 | " When I was a child I used to imagine the moor belonged to me , that I was a young prince or the heir to an estate or something . |
| 4 | Christianity got me young and inculcated me with fear of devils , and with guilt , and with a notion that God spied on me always , and that I was a worthless shit because Jesus had been killed . |
| 5 | When I could n't get to sleep as a kid , I 'd imagine that I was a political leader . |
| 6 | Asked if he had expected to be offered the position , Mr Powell told The Art Newspaper , ‘ I felt , on the basis of our discussions , that I was a serious candidate ’ . |
| 7 | There are times when you can feel successful when you 've done virtually nothing — I remember when I became a radio actor , and I was pushing my motor bike , which had run out of petrol , up the main street in Cardiff , and I felt that I was a great star , and was very pleased with myself . |
| 8 | I informed Mr Kagan that I was something of a heretic so far as the minutiae of the Jewish faith were concerned ; on the other hand , I said , I had never concealed that I was a loyal member of the faith , and so I would be happy to have the boy to tea and talk to him about Judaism in general terms . |
| 9 | I received a letter from the British Board saying that I was a possible selection for the European Cup . |
| 10 | ‘ Keith felt very , very sorry for David and he always made me feel that I was a real bastard . |
| 11 | In fact you could say that I was a real wallflower . |
| 12 | ‘ Are you implying that I was a common criminal ? |
| 13 | For myself , I used to be , I do n't know , my own experience now was that I was a commercial artist in Bristol , was I ? |
| 14 | She had to search and destroy , scorch and defoliate , and she made the most of her one point of advantage , namely that I was a kept man . |
| 15 | With the boys he was reliable , dependable and consistent , a proper parent , and , while I refuse to whip myself any longer with the thought that I was a bad mother , I will admit to being unconventional . |
| 16 | Coincidentally I 'd just told Malcolm that I was a bass player — although at this point I was only mucking around by myself at home — so Malcolm told them . |
| 17 | that I was a grey element , unsupportive , |
| 18 | Anyhow , all this time Naylor was trying to tell my mother that I was a big lad now , but when I did n't turn up all day Saturday , he and my father had their work cut out in trying to calm her . |
| 19 | I am told by my Mother that I was a charming baby ; I used to he in the middle of the bed , kick my legs into the air and coo all day long . |
| 20 | I have to say that I was no budding Garth Crooks or John Fashanu , but I was fairly useful and could score goals . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I warned you at the interview that I was no easy option , did n't I ? ’ he barked . |
| 22 | Obviously , they were so sure that I was the right person for the job , that they needed a second opinion . |
| 23 | It was sad for me , I thought , that I was the only girl in the world sufficiently stupid to permit herself to be sacrificed to his vanity . |
| 24 | I also had fierce battles with Peter Rees , while Peter 's successor , John MacGregor , maintained that I was the only minister who almost walked out of one of his ‘ bilaterals ’ . |
| 25 | I told Bates straight out that I was the only man who had the vision and know-how to keep his club in the First Division and that for a reasonable salary , say 16K a year , I would be willing to quit Athletico . |
| 26 | It was pretty wonderful to be sitting there watching it all and knowing that I was the only person in the whole school who realised exactly what was going on inside the Trunchbull 's pants . |
| 27 | She looked at me unsmiling and I opened my mouth to protest that I was the last person in the world to take such a thing for granted , that I was the only person in the world who held a low opinion of sexual experience . |
| 28 | So it was indeed a classic nightmare where I dreamt that I was the only person searching for the child , and the only person who saw that this vast Argosy was down near the coastline , and I landed in a most difficult position near the aircraft and found nobody else about . |
| 29 | ‘ No , the strange thing is that I was the only applicant . |
| 30 | My own position was perhaps rendered the more difficult by Ian Smith 's assertion at one time that I was the only representative from this country that he trusted . |