Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I saw Computer Services , I was immediately a bit disappointed . |
| 2 | Andropov produced a list of names with crosses against them , and I understood I was practically the last Presidium member who had not been ‘ sworn in ’ . |
| 3 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 4 | I was formerly a Lecturer in Phonetics and Linguistics at Queen Margaret College , Edinburgh and while there , I developed a number of computer programs to assist with my teaching . |
| 5 | In contrast , I was like my father , and I darkened rapidly in the sun until I was nearly the shade of terracotta . |
| 6 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 7 | When I was lately a little kind to you and you carried yourself so foolishly , did I not tell you you should say nothing of what passed to any creature , and yet you made a common talk of the matter ? |
| 8 | I was clearly a bad child and that made me even more guilty . |
| 9 | I was normally the first RAF person to view the scene , and I find it quite unbearable to attempt to describe the desolation and carnage that confronted one on a hilltop in the isolation and splendour of the Scottish Highlands . |
| 10 | I thought he was rather a funny man and he thought I was rather a funny girl . |
| 11 | Colin said : ‘ I am renewing old acquaintances as I was previously the site services manager at the end of the South Morecambe project . |
| 12 | I was up a six this morning does that |
| 13 | The next minute I was up the tree with him . |
| 14 | i wonder … what was I trying to prove ? just that I was not a sheep , waiting to be slaughtered , at their command . |
| 15 | However that may be , I was soon to discover that I was not a natural disburser of ‘ my card ’ , and very few people received one . |
| 16 | For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles . |
| 17 | I was not a man fighting to live but I was a boxer on the ropes , praying for a miracle that would save him from almost certain defeat . |
| 18 | But it must have been clear to him that I was not a professional escaper . |
| 19 | I was not a proper minister since I had no dog collar on and my Grace had been far too short . |
| 20 | If I was not a priest and if I was in your position , I imagine I would feel the same . |
| 21 | As a P.C. I felt I was not a success . |
| 22 | I was not a Scottish-Jew for nothing . |
| 23 | I chained Wavebreaker 's bicycle to an ornamental fence outside McIllvanney 's apartment block , and persuaded the uniformed ape on security that I was not a terrorist . |
| 24 | I was not a trained publicity man , nor had I any professional competence in publicity media , and I felt the need of competent advice from someone expert in this field . |
| 25 | Too late I thought of adding , ‘ On oath , my lord ? ’ , for I have never seen a more striking example of the perils of what the law calls ‘ fleeting identification ’ , and this from a witness to whom I was not a total stranger and who himself , both as counsel and judge , had had long experience in assessing the worth of ID witnesses in court . |
| 26 | I telephoned the next day , and the producer , having chatted with me awhile and ascertained that I was not a nutter ( I think ) , asked me to make a programme . |
| 27 | I realised many years ago that I was not a studio painter . |
| 28 | I was not a woman any more . |
| 29 | I was not a pioneer of part time senior registrar training in Wessex : several people were already in post . |
| 30 | I was not a shy little child ; you know , when you are fourteen years old , you get pretty tough , even more than there is a need for . |