Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were right to say I 'd neglected you . |
| 2 | He , they were late to bed I 'd had them erm round at the shops and then er er Queensway , then the shopping centre to pick up a card for for Chris . |
| 3 | They were all sold I du n no . |
| 4 | But a few years ago we were at a session in a pub one night erm playing music and er there was about twenty of us and about two o'clock in the morning the police raided it and we all had our names taken and we were all up in court and we were all fined I think three pound for being er drinking after hours and Tony was drinking a cup of coffee . |
| 5 | So it was awful to find I 'd done something wrong . |
| 6 | I was staggered to realise I had been honoured and to this day I do n't know who put me forward . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ How did you know someone had been strangling me if everyone else in there was willing to believe I 'd had a fit ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ That was straight talk I gave you that time , shamus . |
| 9 | And she was supposed to say I ca n't afford |
| 10 | Whether he guessed what I was likely to say I do n't know , but he spoke with a sudden rush as if to prevent me from saying something that we would both have to accept and talk about . |
| 11 | So I was glad to feel I had no choice , that I was forced … . ’ |
| 12 | It was good to feel I belonged somewhere — if only by adoption . |
| 13 | test with it It was all arranged I thought , testing to see what weight they got |
| 14 | Mm there 's the Bare Naked Ladies er they come from Canada they are a brilliant group I think they 're brilliant I do n't care I like them and that 's called er Be My Yoko Ono I was going to go from the Bare Naked Ladies it was all planned I was going to go and say Mary Whitehouse how are you today and she was there er un unfortunately we 've we called this is serious . |
| 15 | Work , work , ah it was all work I 'm telling you in them days . |
| 16 | I would n't say it was a dissenting voice chairman , erm But er following the discussions on on Friday erm I endeavoured to take erm instructions from on this particular issue which I as far as I was able to do I did . |
| 17 | Landing in the Beastie Boys ' swimming pool , I was amazed to find I was both naked and still in employment . |
| 18 | I think it was fair to say I had his attention , though the fountain pen he was strangling would never be the same again . |
| 19 | It was nice to know I 'd be missed while I did a Roland . |
| 20 | ‘ I was surprised to find I enjoyed it . |
| 21 | Not until he was dead did I dare to go in the direction I wanted . |
| 22 | On the Green that night I was ready to say I had backed a loser , and to be graceful in defeat , a gentleman to the end . |