Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andropov produced a list of names with crosses against them , and I understood I was practically the last Presidium member who had not been ‘ sworn in ’ . |
| 2 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 3 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 4 | When I was lately a little kind to you and you carried yourself so foolishly , did I not tell you you should say nothing of what passed to any creature , and yet you made a common talk of the matter ? |
| 5 | I was clearly a bad child and that made me even more guilty . |
| 6 | I thought he was rather a funny man and he thought I was rather a funny girl . |
| 7 | Too late I thought of adding , ‘ On oath , my lord ? ’ , for I have never seen a more striking example of the perils of what the law calls ‘ fleeting identification ’ , and this from a witness to whom I was not a total stranger and who himself , both as counsel and judge , had had long experience in assessing the worth of ID witnesses in court . |
| 8 | I was not a skilful boxer but I did have a knock-out punch , which connected early in the first round and won me the fight . |
| 9 | But it must have been clear to him that I was not a professional escaper . |
| 10 | I was not wearing any special clothes , but this lady — she was from an old Lucknow family could see by my manners that I was not a common person . ’ |
| 11 | I was not a proper minister since I had no dog collar on and my Grace had been far too short . |
| 12 | The food was excellent and I was not charged much because the cooking was done on quite a large scale — I was not a big eater so my lunch did not make much difference to the running of the place . |
| 13 | However that may be , I was soon to discover that I was not a natural disburser of ‘ my card ’ , and very few people received one . |
| 14 | I was not a trained publicity man , nor had I any professional competence in publicity media , and I felt the need of competent advice from someone expert in this field . |
| 15 | Maybe I was too young because I fear I was not an assiduous student . |
| 16 | I was not an easy customer right from the start . |
| 17 | I had suggested that Longman 's should send it to The Criterion , but obviously I was not the right person to review it . |
| 18 | I was not the only person who felt betrayed by filthy lucre when the World Cup went to the satellite company . |
| 19 | It soon became clear that I was not the only moth cruising Karen 's flame . |
| 20 | That I was n't a haphazard victim after all . |
| 21 | I was n't a great drinker ; I did n't like drink particularly . |
| 22 | I was n't a bound apprentice , as such , I did n't have to er it meant that I did n't have to stay with them . |
| 23 | I was n't a brave boy , not physically , that is , but then it was unlikely Mr Broadhurst had anything physical in mind . |
| 24 | And I was n't a sheeplike person you see , I did n't follow him I just let him go . |
| 25 | So I was n't the only duffer around after all . |
| 26 | ‘ I was n't the only person who was late . |
| 27 | ‘ I knew I was n't the only person in the world you 'd got the courage to shout at , ’ she says . |
| 28 | After we all clambered off the bus and entered the school I started to become a bit more relaxed as I realised I was n't the only person there who had butterflies as big as eagles in their stomachs . |
| 29 | I knew I was n't the only victim because I had heard complaints from others ; the fruiterer who saw his apples disappear from the box in front of the shop , the grocer who unwillingly supplied him with free biscuits . |
| 30 | I was n't the best man , I was in the right place at the right time . |