Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's obvious intention was to identify me as the main source of all the criticism and speculation running counter to the official line on Flight 103 and then to destroy me . |
| 2 | The Fat Controller was helping me to my feet . |
| 3 | I dimly understood that by holding out to me this realm of material essences , available by an act of will alone , The Fat Controller was condemning me to a cosmos of brand names , a metaphysic of motifs , a logic of logos , and an epistemology based on EPOS ( The Electronic Point of Sale method of inventory-keeping , which was just coming into use at this time among major retailers ) . |
| 4 | Another small farm was shown me as the place where the mother of a young baby had forgotten to place the poker over its cradle : as a consequence the child , unprotected by iron , had been stolen by the fairies and replaced by a ‘ changeling ’ . |
| 5 | The only thing was to push me at once to the front ; and almost immediately , after a very few brief words from the distinguished chairman , I found myself face to face with an audience that evidently meant mischief . |
| 6 | There were lots of young people working there whose main ambition was to get me into a good home . |