Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was pleased that the Government confirmed their commitment to play a constructive role in the two intergovernmental conferences on economic and monetary union and on political union . |
| 2 | But I was pleased that the World Bank said we had done as much in our first year as they did in their first 10 . ’ |
| 3 | I was unaware of this and ca n't afford it anyway , so I was pleased when the manageress of the shop next door came up with the bright idea of playing it in my rest room , where the public are not allowed . |
| 4 | I was curious that the branch of economics which related to the welfare of individuals and societies , namely welfare economics , depended on an explicit set of judgments , which seemed remarkably similar to contemporary liberal values . |
| 5 | I was innocent but the evidence was damning . ’ |
| 6 | I was disappointed that the Home Secretary spent so much of his time this afternoon outlining a few examples of asylum seekers who have been proved to be lying . |
| 7 | I was disappointed that the water-wheel had gone — the kitchen had been built over the pit which had housed it . |
| 8 | I was disappointed that the valve did n't seem to play as big a part in the sound as I was hoping , so maybe Hughes & Kettner should look at giving this part of the Attax a tweak or two . |
| 9 | ‘ I was disappointed that the situation had to arise at all , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ I was disappointed when a move to the club fell through earlier in the season because I believe my style would be suited to the English game . |
| 11 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 12 | Fifteen and a half Er well no I was nineteen and a half then you see , five years is n't it . |
| 13 | ‘ After my father died , when I was five and a half , she used to make me bath myself all alone . |
| 14 | Somehow I was relieved that a guard was with us because I thought that if there was an accident his friends might try to get him — and maybe us — out . |
| 15 | I was relieved when the daylight came and I could surrender to the exhaustion in my brain . |
| 16 | Pears said : ‘ I was stunned when the gaffer told me just before training . |
| 17 | I said I was confident that the Government would come back from Maastricht with something that was acceptable to the Conservative party . |
| 18 | ‘ I was angry for a while because I was confident that the horse would win , but Willie did the right thing , ’ John Sutcliffe , Superoo 's trainer , said yesterday . |
| 19 | " I was 11 and a half stone ( 160lb/73kg ) when I began the WNAS diet . |
| 20 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 21 | I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back . |
| 22 | I had all this time neither seen nor heard anything ; nevertheless , I was convinced that the tigress was watching me . |
| 23 | I was convinced that the grass near the fence was long enough to conceal me , so they could n't possibly have spotted me . |
| 24 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 25 | I started school to er Bowvale School on Dovecote Lane at Eastwood , when I was two and a half . |
| 26 | Maybe I was lackadaisical and a bit self-indulgent . |
| 27 | I was thankful when the time came to go to the City Division H.Q. |
| 28 | But I was thankful when the summer holiday started and I could be released from duties I was finding it harder and harder to cope with . |
| 29 | I was six when the war started . |
| 30 | Times were not so hard for businesses then and I was grateful when a year of events raised £107,000 . |