Example sentences of "[subord] i [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on : ‘ Although I was already a member of the Church of England before joining the Friends ’ School in 1937 , I lean very much towards the Quaker faith . |
| 2 | ‘ It seemed to work OK , although I was always a bit worried Thom might take Eva from me — he still had her US passport . ’ |
| 3 | If I were still a Minister of my country you would be giving me real protection , day and night . |
| 4 | If I were truly a princess — it would be Prince Edward for me ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If I was just a film actor maybe I would have done because that 's where all the films get made . |
| 6 | In contrast , I was like my father , and I darkened rapidly in the sun until I was nearly the shade of terracotta . |
| 7 | But er it was only u until I left the school cos I was only a matter of eight when I left that school so er I was n't in a it was n't in any progressive sort of style then I mean we wer it was more rudiments of education that we were taught and er |
| 8 | I had a great time with her , we were chatting away and I fancied there was a twinkle in her eye because I was quite a catch then . |
| 9 | Well it was a wee bit under because I was only an office clerk , I , I was n't the junior but by then had come there and there were other , other clerks , some girls who 'd come into the office and I 'd got a little bit of step up you see and took over a little bit more important work , erm , I did just before I went in the Army have a dabble at erm running times , that was preparing the schedules for buses . |
| 10 | I called in to see Dad before coming here and while I was there an insurance investigator called Tom O'Neill came to see him . |
| 11 | I should explain here that I am one of two brothers — and that my elder brother , Leonard , was killed during the Southern African War while I was still a boy . |
| 12 | Like everyone else , I became equally at home with both systems , and I was doubly fortunate in that while I was still a student the metric system changed from being ‘ cgs ’ based ( centimetres , grams , seconds ) to ‘ MKS ’ based ( Metres , Kilograms , Seconds ) . |
| 13 | However , I knew at least a couple of players because I 'd caddied for Roger Fidler in the 1977 British Open while I was still an assistant , and I 'd also carried Florentina Melina 's bag . |
| 14 | Very humbly I said how grateful I was , since I was only a surgeon . |
| 15 | When you were here before I was only a schoolboy and er just er old enough to know everything that was going on , as you might say , but young enough so as I did n't get too involved . |
| 16 | ‘ They had one son , my father , who , along with my mother , died in an accident when I was just a baby . |
| 17 | Way back , when I was just a lad , it seems , programs for the PC were , almost without exception , single use . |
| 18 | The final section must have been built very quickly , because the path finished at the forest edge when I was there a couple of months ago . |
| 19 | Quite a long time I would have start probably with more than thirty years ago , because me Mum always make cheese and I just thought making when I was still a girl at the school and since we came here and farmed on me own behalf well twenty six years we 've been making cheeses here . |
| 20 | Colin said : ‘ I am renewing old acquaintances as I was previously the site services manager at the end of the South Morecambe project . |
| 21 | For I was also an episode in someone else 's narrative , not my own person , my mother 's child , and brought into being for a particular purpose . |
| 22 | He seemed real and solid ; it was myself who felt weightless as though I was just a conduit for all these sensations . . |