Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During my years in Oxford , working as I was largely in the field of recent Anglican ecclesiastical history , I was increasingly drawn to Anglicanism . |
| 2 | I was not sent to school . |
| 3 | I was not born to joy |
| 4 | ‘ I was even taken to hospital at one point thinking I had a hypo coming on , but then we realised that I was actually having panic attacks — a delayed reaction to losing my sight . |
| 5 | I was once introduced to Sir somebody , David Webb I think , who was in charge of the Opera House . |