Example sentences of "[vb past] i be [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When she realized I was a good thief and knew how to use a knife , she got to like me .
2 But it was of no avail , and as the time passed I was the unwilling witness of the gradual transition from heartiness to silence , then to something like panic .
3 ‘ I went into analysis because I realised I was a dangerous character — I mean this suicidal , self-destructive instinct I had .
4 When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field .
5 I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men .
6 He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through .
7 He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through .
8 He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through …
9 I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy .
10 One evening when we were watching the show , I looked around and discovered I was the only person awake in the room .
11 I changed my first name because I actually felt I was a new person .
12 She felt I was an undesirable influence , you coming from Methodist stock . ’
13 When my mother died I was a military attache at one of our embassies in eastern Europe .
14 I knew I 'm a good chatterer ’ — he grinned — ‘ but I can keep my own counsel , and yours an' all , if you want to talk . ’
15 I could n't see myself doing it so as I said I was n't going to make a fool of myself by putting my name as being nominated forward er as a candidate etcetera lose interest that 's the first thing that happened because they knew I was an outspoken bloke .
16 I thought I was a sixty-five-year-old woman with grey hair and a crepe neck . ’
17 I thought I was a serious fan , that was until I met the fans at this game .
18 I am big for my age and I did n't mind if he thought I was a young man .
19 My mum never warned me about getting pregnant because she thought I was a good girl .
20 In fact , at the time , I thought I was a real martyr .
21 ‘ The other kids at school thought I was a real wimp but they accepted me because I was always cheeky to the teachers .
22 You could interrogate me , at least , and if you thought I was a double agent you could put a bullet in my head .
23 I thought I was a free agent ? ’ she spat at him .
24 Perhaps they thought I was a wild man myself , in my strange home-made clothes of animals ' skins , and with my long hair and beard .
25 At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it .
26 How comforting to read Gill Rowley 's Pet-Hate List ( YWTU , October GH ) about the check-out trolley pushers — I always thought I was the only person in the world who wanted to reverse , screaming hysterically , ‘ Get back ! ’
27 I thought I was the bad girl , but everybody else was doing exactly the same .
28 I always thought I was the philandering type , but my mind keeps going back to her .
29 And three : that you thought I was an ambitious sharpie trying to steal your father 's company . ’
30 Marie said I was a handsome devil !
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