Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [det] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt , wretchedly , that I was such a moral coward , such a sickening liar , that making a promise I knew I had no intention whatever of keeping was hardly any worse than what I had already done . |
| 2 | I was such a weary girl that I bored myself . |
| 3 | Before , I was such a handsome man , so sexy , so divine and so promiscuous . ’ |
| 4 | I said , coldly and pompously — he had put me in such a strong , moral position by hitting me — that if he really felt I was such an awful wife , if would be better if we got a divorce . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't know you were such a strong swimmer , ’ he huffed , trapping her at the side of the pool with his arms each side of her on the bar . |
| 6 | I suppose looking back on what I said at the time it was true and I did really love you and I still do but now it 's not sexual or romantic , it was n't sexual then because my mind was too pure and partly because you were such a huge chunk of my life , one seventh , and I think I always will do n't know what that 's su oh it 's love you I suppose for you it must have been such a small thing and at fifteen stroke sixteen you can probably only just remember me I was fourteen actually I was the middle son who was n't properly blond unlike the brothers and hung around near you far too much . |
| 7 | She was such a marvellous mother , slogged all her life for us and she just dreaded going into one of those homes . |
| 8 | ‘ She was such a strong personality , ’ said one . |
| 9 | Not for the first time , I was thankful that she was such a good barrister . |
| 10 | I really do feel she liked working here as much as we liked having her , and not only for her work ; she was such a nice person , so warm and lively . ’ |
| 11 | Although a lifelong Labour voter , influenced by the poverty she saw as a teacher , Mrs Hughes spoke of how Mrs Thatcher ‘ gave me a lovely tour of No 10 and I thought she was such a nice person ’ . |
| 12 | She was such a bubbly lady with a great edge to her voice . |
| 13 | She was such a cheerful girl , devoted to the church . |
| 14 | I 'd no idea she was such a fast lady . |
| 15 | He had no business being so much at ease while she was such a seething mass of insecurity . |
| 16 | In fact she was such a quiet baby that sometimes when her father came home drunk on Friday nights he would fondly imagine she had joined her blessed mother in heaven . |
| 17 | ‘ She got on what I think was the wrong ride , and the tough part is that she was such a willing victim . |
| 18 | She loved it because there were children of her own age , of every age , and they adored her because she was such a pretty baby to spoil . |
| 19 | She was such a hard worker and a wonderful cook . |
| 20 | Bless her , she was such a little worrier . |
| 21 | Mother was a grand player , of course … much better than I ever was … but she thought I might do better if someone else taught me , and she was such a busy person with all those old people to care for and Daddy ailing like he was . |
| 22 | And she was such a lovely lady too you would never would have believed it . |
| 23 | She was such a lovely girl and had such a sweet nature that he would be distressed to think Harry might not be able to give her the depths of love she deserved . |
| 24 | Doreen — ’ he cleared his throat — ‘ She was such an efficient person you see … |
| 25 | It was neither bright , nor ornamented , nor ill-fitting , but she was such an unfamiliar sight out of boy 's breeches and working boots and fustian shirt that the company burst out laughing , and barracked and whistled and cheered and blew kisses at her on her long walk from the cottage where she had been hiding herself . |
| 26 | It was hard to be sure why she was such an unattractive child . |
| 27 | The fact that she was such an eccentric character meant that only those with strong personalities survived . |
| 28 | When I gave him his afternoon coffee he said , ‘ She was such an interesting person , ’ and dabbed his eyes . |
| 29 | And by the time we came out we were all a little bit tiddly , and as you know , Fred does n't dance any more , but as we walked up the street to the car , he started to tap dance . |
| 30 | Ahead of her were half a dozen people , two of them pushing trolleys laden with luggage . |