Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate . |
| 32 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |
| 33 | Later , along with two other historians who had , like me , secured entry to Oxford or Cambridge , I was given a few science tutorials in my last term at school . |
| 34 | I was given a sympathetic hearing , but it seemed as if the only people who really agreed with me were the relatives of the hostages . |
| 35 | As a final gesture of international goodwill , I was given a massive injection into my rump , before being released on Friday morning . |
| 36 | ‘ I was given a chauffeur-driven tour of Beverly Hills and then taken to the famous Sunset Marquee Hotel . ’ |
| 37 | My interest in MacDonald began when I was given a well-worn copy of his Unspoken Sermons . |
| 38 | I was given a lovely bit of home-made cake for tea and that lifted my spirits tremendously . |
| 39 | On the second offence I was given a suspended sentence . |
| 40 | I was given a guided tour of the shop floor before the interview . |
| 41 | As a child I was given a grey plastic gun as a birthday present . |
| 42 | At first , I was angry ; then I was living a new life — other things to think about , other people to consider . |
| 43 | That first morning I was served a rudimentary breakfast in the Officers ' Home . |
| 44 | I was laying a heavy carpet yesterday , and my |
| 45 | At this time , and like most public or semi-public figures , I was receiving a fair amount of mail from strangers . |
| 46 | I went past this woman 's door , her name was Emily , and it was like I was passing a huge vulva , so big it has a desk inside , and I decided that what I should do is make an actual photocopy of my dick , in fact two copies , one before coming , one after , and leave these , along with an asterisk memo , on her desk . ’ |
| 47 | Is it , do you think it might be as well that it 's a bit lighter Jane , cos I was reading a smashing tip |
| 48 | ‘ I was maintaining a tactful silence . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ If Brian Clough is still interested in me he will want to know if I cope as well during a bad spell as I did when I was enjoying a purple patch and scored 11 goals in 14 games earlier in the season . ’ |
| 50 | We were living in Surrey at the time and I was sharing a double bed with my brother , who 's five years older than me . |
| 51 | For instance , I was writing a new song and it was making sense and suddenly these words came into my head : Once there was two Mexican women/ran over the hill/ripped off their skin/and ate it up . |
| 52 | When Dr Richard Lawrence , the society 's secretary , learned that I was writing a Christian appraisal of paganism and the occult , he pointed out that Aetherius ' members fully revered Jesus , and were convinced of his virgin birth and resurrection . |
| 53 | Physically and erm emotionally writing can be very isolating and so , for example a few years ago , I was writing a huge piece on Africa about Africa and I found emotions growing that I actually did n't have names for , erm and it made it impossible to finish the piece I was working on , and then I , I went to see an Afro Asian exhibition of art and I saw portraying some of these paintings the same emotions and it , it did n't give me a name for the emotions but it , it made me feel an awful lot less isolated seeing that erm other people have also , have also felt this . |
| 54 | Well she did n't persuade me but she said she thought it was a very good idea because it was on all the new sets and while I was buying a new set I might as well |
| 55 | Noticing I was buying a new battery for my headtorch he grinned knowing and said : ‘ Oh-oh ’ Somebody in for another Hebbert epic ? ’ |
| 56 | I was getting a new typewriter . |
| 57 | I was getting a dropped stitch in same place , every time I used it . |
| 58 | I was getting a bad feeling deep down about what I was saying . |
| 59 | Then a reaction set in , I thought I was getting a silly schoolgirl hero-pash on him , and the other thing began to happen . |
| 60 | I was told I was getting a direct order , but I refused to pack and asked to see the governor . |