Example sentences of "i was [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't have the most stamina in the world , I was called a lazy player but I could have played till midnight . |
| 2 | The ribber tucked stitches because I was using a different colour — dyes can alter the tension quite considerably . |
| 3 | ‘ When I was working in Bishopsgate I was using a different method , ’ Dexter explained . |
| 4 | ‘ Before the Firebird I was using an old Gibson ES-175 up until about 1971 , ’ details Sonny . |
| 5 | In 1988 , I was producing a major women 's conference at the Barbican and we needed a big bank of flowers . |
| 6 | Then I went to work in a five and ten , and gradually worked my way up until I was managing a general store . |
| 7 | I was eating a Milky Way and it collapsed . |
| 8 | Last night I dreamt I was eating a rubber NME . |
| 9 | His lordship was clearly enchanted by the whole business , Charlie was wearing the superior smile which always accompanied his demonstrations of lingual dexterity , and as for myself I was experiencing a mounting euphoria . |
| 10 | Had it been the other way round , and I was experiencing an Anglican church for the first time , the shock might have been even greater . |
| 11 | I was fishing a lovely pool , at Flemington , and saw Father park the car . |
| 12 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 13 | For these services , and following a series of travel talks which I wrote and broadcast in the autumn of 1929 , I was made an Honorary Member of the M.J.A.R.A. , and appointed to the executive committee . |
| 14 | Every day I was sent a secret report by the Chief of Police , and the next afternoon I was playing cards with Fritz when Sapt brought it in . |
| 15 | It was early evening , about seven o'clock ; I was wearing a short skirt and no coat , because the weather was warm , and we were supposed to be going out . |
| 16 | and I 've also got one album erm with a few pictures in from when I was in Kenya which was in nineteen eighty four so , you know , if anyone wants to see what I looked like in there I had longer hair and I was wearing a white coat so they 're very welcome . |
| 17 | I was wearing a heavy overcoat and woollen gloves but the bust whipped its way right into my bones . |
| 18 | The only excuse I have is that I was very young , a marvellous justification for most reprobate behaviour , and that I was wearing an uncomfortable vest . |
| 19 | Instead , as I sat in my cabin moodily pouring another Freezobalm , I was facing a good chance of losing my valuable reputation as an interplanetary courier . |
| 20 | At the end of the patrol I was to submit a comprehensive report of our findings . |
| 21 | I got very involved in drugs later because I was nursing a broken head and a broken heart , but at this particular time , 1974 , I was not sophisticated about drugs . |
| 22 | He says , " I can not remember a dream report which took the form , " Well , I was dreaming of such and such , but as I was dreaming this I was imagining a different scene which was completely unrelated . " " |
| 23 | I was seeing a different Tom again . |
| 24 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 25 | I was given a good hiding , which I deserved , but it made no difference . |
| 26 | ‘ Fortunately , I was given a good assessment on the first 45 minutes , and apparently the experiment proved I 'm very fit . |
| 27 | For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat . |
| 28 | After about six months Stateside and more operations , I was given a medical discharge with 100% disability ’ . |
| 29 | I was given a brisk homily by the sister in charge about how ill Toby was , and that my allowance was no more than ten minutes . |
| 30 | As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate . |