Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I burst into tears because I was sure Mum had pawned it or sold it . |
| 2 | I whispered to Catherine that I was sure Heathcliff had heard some of what she said . |
| 3 | As the right hon. Gentleman knows , I was Chief Secretary for two years and Chancellor for one year . |
| 4 | I was chief haole , a direct descendant of Captain Cook . |
| 5 | I was nervous standing there in front of the crowd . |
| 6 | I do n't know where they got my name , or why they thought I was suitable material for their article . ’ |
| 7 | One day there were about a dozen of us there , including Dickie and myself ; I was Prime Minister at the time . |
| 8 | When I was young rugby was the love of my life , but these days I just manage a game of squash now and then . |
| 9 | When I was political editor of the Daily Mirror , Maxwell took a shine to this hat and asked me to get him one identical to it . |
| 10 | Shortly after John was born I was night-flying overhead , gaining astro-navigational experience in a battered Avro Anson . |
| 11 | I did n't realize I was multi-racial side of it . |
| 12 | I was uncomfortable talking about the poems and Rory 's papers ; the bag lost on the train coming back from Lochgair at the start of the year had stayed lost , and — stuck with just the memory of the half-finished stuff that Janice had given me originally — I 'd given up on any idea I 'd ever had of trying to rescue Uncle Rory 's name from artistic oblivion , or discovering some great revelation in the texts . |
| 13 | ‘ I always felt partial ownership of the business throughout the 16 years I was managing director , ’ he says . |
| 14 | And she 's working very hard I mean , wh yesterday she was here at six o'clock , so I was long home and Wendy rang from here and she was still here . |
| 15 | Anyway that thought decided me to make for the bedroom but I was late starting and had only just reached the top of the stairs when he was half-way up with the big brown teapot held in his pelting position . |
| 16 | Editor , — A Esmail and S Everington 's short report reminded me of a situation when I was executive dean of the medical school of the University of Manchester in 1970 . |
| 17 | It was the most frightening moment of my life and I was icy calm . |
| 18 | And this was not only Walsall Co-op , it was the Co-ops as far as I can remember , because er er you know I would n't take that for gospel could I 'm not not sure because I was only child . |
| 19 | I was force-marched back to the retiring chamber , Benjamin and the cardinal trooping behind us . |
| 20 | He looked past her , his expression withdrawn and distant in the way she disliked , and when he spoke it was without warmth : ‘ I was personal slave to the Master and as such did personal tasks . ’ |
| 21 | For all the assurances from those around me that I was perfect Legion material , I could not accept that the prestigious French Foreign Legion would have any need of the services of somebody whose military prowess was earned more at the bar than in the field . |
| 22 | I did n't feel I was able to tell her I was pregnant right from the start . |
| 23 | YOU THOUGHT I WAS FATTY FIL ! |
| 24 | Before I became a full-time politician , I was assistant director of social services in a large authority . |
| 25 | In 1963 ( I believe ) was appointed Director of the Communication research Centre , and soon after became the first Professor of Linguistics at U.C.L. ( as I soon came to know him ) was a charismatic teacher and delightfully friendly person , and I benefitted greatly from close contact with him in 1963–4 , when he was Director of the Communication Research Centre , and I was Assistant Director . |
| 26 | ‘ I was assistant manager there , but I was n't under contract , ’ he explained . |
| 27 | Then we were staggering into a hospital casualty department and I was grateful Bunny was there — they can be dangerous places on a Friday night . |
| 28 | I would add only that the cost of insurance in Belgium , where I was general manager of a major insurance company for nine years , is much higher than in Britain , and the rate of inflation has now steadied after a major explosion when these factors were introduced . |
| 29 | But erm I was lucky mind . |
| 30 | I do n't know whether other newly married men feel the same , but in those early days I was aware ofa calm satisfaction and fulfilment . |