Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that concerned me was that , with Stephen Pears injured , I was the oldest player in the team . |
| 2 | The other thing that concerned me was particular slots which do n't seem to ever produce much in the way of attendance or revenue . |
| 3 | ‘ Although it infuriated me , after we first met I was unable to get you out of my mind . |
| 4 | But as soon as they got out I realized I was wrong . |
| 5 | It was ten seconds or so before I realized I was supposed to be looking at the inside of the wooden door . |
| 6 | I realized I was hungry — very — and accepted gladly . |
| 7 | I realized I was hungry and it did n't matter . |
| 8 | But I realized I was different from the Brazilians , and that was when I started to rediscover my own identity . ’ |
| 9 | So in the end , even the chairman agreed I was right . |
| 10 | Suddenly I realised I was drunk and alone . |
| 11 | Said one : ‘ I lied about my birth but I realised I was different and always coming top of the class did not help . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't know what it was , the mist , the way it hung , hot and heavy like a blanket , the weirdness and the exhaustion of the long night drive up the coast , but I suddenly realised I was scared . |
| 13 | I do n't think any of Nahum 's family realised I was blind until they arrived for Boz 's wedding to Alamena . |
| 14 | I just thought it all through and realised I was wrong . |
| 15 | After coffee he drew me aside , quietly admitted I was right , and agreed that Roald Dahl must withdraw . |
| 16 | The people who reported me were overzealous in thinking I had done something wrong |
| 17 | The photographs which encircled me were happy with many smiling , young faces on them . |
| 18 | The only person who approached me was poor Ian Smith , who came to London but was not a representative at the talks . |
| 19 | A lot of people said last year that I should n't have had a factory bike , so I was happy that my early results demonstrated I was worthy of an NSR . |
| 20 | On my first day of school my mum kept trying to wake me but I pretended I was asleep because I was so nervous , eventually mum knew that I was playing a trick . |
| 21 | I pretended I was happy , you can make yourself think anything , but I 'm not . ’ |
| 22 | But then , when you did n't say anything at all , I found I was disappointed . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Then I had chronic asthma and doctors found I was breathless from being so heavy . ’ |
| 24 | Well the thing is , I got caught once before in the other place when I went to Manor of the Groves where I tried to book out erm and found I was late for the first erm |
| 25 | It was just after I found I was pregnant , but I was so pleased for him , and for myself , I did not fret . |
| 26 | I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there . |
| 27 | I checked with Pike and found I was correct : according to custom and practice my job description formed a part of my contract . |
| 28 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 29 | I found I was unable to walk about . |
| 30 | We 'd also had a double income and shared paying the bills , and I found I was petrified of getting into debt . |