Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] [pers pn] was [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But , although it was something to tell the others at school , secretly I thought he was important enough already .
2 Suddenly I realised I was drunk and alone .
3 I thought … perhaps I thought she was dead . ’
4 Personally I thought she was hostile and chippy .
5 So I said I was tired of waiting for the money for my things and she can collect it from the students and have it when it came .
6 So I thought it was nice that we in the Women 's Guild declared Women 's Lib this year and held our own .
7 My favourite drum sounds have always been The Glitter Band 's so I thought it was silly not to try and track them down .
8 " A month later I learned she was dead .
9 I had never thought about my father , about meeting him , not knowing , and something like this happening , and now I saw it was possible , the desire to laugh became a fearful compulsion .
10 Now I thought it was wrong , I even stopped them getting a fry .
11 Er well I thought it was good how they did the se se scenes , they were
12 I mean , I think , I , I think the Empire legally is well I thought it was nine hundred
13 oh well I thought it was green but never mind
14 Well I thought it was interesting , the boss said yesterday at partnership board , and I suspect he been saying with David , that erm you know , the gap in provision for careers education and guidance in North Yorkshire , is training teachers .
15 Well I thought it was seven fifty .
16 She Well I thought she was good though .
17 But a few minutes ago I said I was dog-tired and hungry .
18 However , the result seemed to please J. and even I thought it was passable .
19 God help me , I put my hand on the ruin of his head , and then I knew he was dead .
20 Then I realised she was concerned about his cheeks ; one was definitely redder than the other .
21 Neelam : Well first I thought it was twenty something but then I realised it was six ; two take away six ca n't do that … so … um … it went down to ten .
22 Yeah I 'm going to getting the stamps off these en envelopes cos I have to put all these in a hurry in the end , also got loads of time , then I realised it was half past ten , no wonder I did n't get anything at home forgotten where we keep them
23 I thought it was shit then I thought it was good .
24 Then I thought it was important not being allowed to go out and things .
25 And sometimes I felt he was different , and had changed , even though I knew people changed all the time and people our age changed faster than most .
26 Twice I thought it was local interference or a plane passing overhead and twiddled the tuning knob .
27 The next day , he got up , sat in the sun , stood up , and fainted so completely I thought he was dead .
28 And yet I knew it was right .
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