Example sentences of "i was [adj] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some trepidation did exist therefore on this occasion but I was fortunate and the MV Brendan had only to negotiate a slight swell on its way past Eriskay to South Uist . |
| 2 | I was pleased that the Government confirmed their commitment to play a constructive role in the two intergovernmental conferences on economic and monetary union and on political union . |
| 3 | But I was pleased that the World Bank said we had done as much in our first year as they did in their first 10 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And that 's why I was pleased when the Whitesnake opportunity came along in ‘ 77 , because there was more feel to their music then . |
| 5 | I was unaware of this and ca n't afford it anyway , so I was pleased when the manageress of the shop next door came up with the bright idea of playing it in my rest room , where the public are not allowed . |
| 6 | I was curious that the branch of economics which related to the welfare of individuals and societies , namely welfare economics , depended on an explicit set of judgments , which seemed remarkably similar to contemporary liberal values . |
| 7 | I was innocent but the evidence was damning . ’ |
| 8 | I was disappointed that the Home Secretary spent so much of his time this afternoon outlining a few examples of asylum seekers who have been proved to be lying . |
| 9 | I was disappointed that the water-wheel had gone — the kitchen had been built over the pit which had housed it . |
| 10 | I was disappointed that the valve did n't seem to play as big a part in the sound as I was hoping , so maybe Hughes & Kettner should look at giving this part of the Attax a tweak or two . |
| 11 | ‘ I was disappointed that the situation had to arise at all , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ I was disappointed when a move to the club fell through earlier in the season because I believe my style would be suited to the English game . |
| 13 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 14 | And I was impressed that a Harley Street gynaecologist was prepared to boil his own kettle . |
| 15 | Somehow I was relieved that a guard was with us because I thought that if there was an accident his friends might try to get him — and maybe us — out . |
| 16 | I was relieved when the daylight came and I could surrender to the exhaustion in my brain . |
| 17 | Pears said : ‘ I was stunned when the gaffer told me just before training . |
| 18 | I said I was confident that the Government would come back from Maastricht with something that was acceptable to the Conservative party . |
| 19 | ‘ I was angry for a while because I was confident that the horse would win , but Willie did the right thing , ’ John Sutcliffe , Superoo 's trainer , said yesterday . |
| 20 | Gust becos I cud not spel It did not mean I was daft When the boys in school red my riting Some of them laffed But now I am the dictater They have to rite like me Utherwise they can not pas Ther GCSE Some of the girls wer ok But those who laffed a lot Have al bean rownded up And have recintly bean shot The teecher who corrected my speling As not been shot at al But four the last fifteen howers As bean standing up against a wal He has to stand ther until he can spel Figgymisgrugifooniyn the rite way I think he will stand ther forever I just inventid it today |
| 21 | I was delighted that the people of Britain gave him such a marvellous reception . |
| 22 | I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back . |
| 23 | I had all this time neither seen nor heard anything ; nevertheless , I was convinced that the tigress was watching me . |
| 24 | I was convinced that the grass near the fence was long enough to conceal me , so they could n't possibly have spotted me . |
| 25 | But , having regard to all the circumstances , and particularly the nature of the second mortgage , I for my part would find it impossible to say that I was convinced that the appellants had the necessary intention to act in contempt of court . |
| 26 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 27 | By the time the campaign started , and never more strongly than on polling day , I was convinced that the Tories would lose — that Labour would be the biggest party in a hung Parliament . |
| 28 | Maybe I was lackadaisical and a bit self-indulgent . |
| 29 | I was thankful when the time came to go to the City Division H.Q. |
| 30 | But I was thankful when the summer holiday started and I could be released from duties I was finding it harder and harder to cope with . |