Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't have the most stamina in the world , I was called a lazy player but I could have played till midnight . |
| 2 | When I started playing with white men I was called a Nazi , a traitor and was told I would be put up against a wall and shot . |
| 3 | The ribber tucked stitches because I was using a different colour — dyes can alter the tension quite considerably . |
| 4 | ‘ When I was working in Bishopsgate I was using a different method , ’ Dexter explained . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , I was using a few of them . |
| 6 | In 1988 , I was producing a major women 's conference at the Barbican and we needed a big bank of flowers . |
| 7 | Then I went to work in a five and ten , and gradually worked my way up until I was managing a general store . |
| 8 | I was eating a Milky Way and it collapsed . |
| 9 | Last night I dreamt I was eating a rubber NME . |
| 10 | I might enjoy sampling what I was touching a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 11 | His lordship was clearly enchanted by the whole business , Charlie was wearing the superior smile which always accompanied his demonstrations of lingual dexterity , and as for myself I was experiencing a mounting euphoria . |
| 12 | I was fishing a lovely pool , at Flemington , and saw Father park the car . |
| 13 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 14 | Gail was then a nursing supervisor of an Overseas Missionary Fellowship Home for retired missionaries and I was pursuing a high flying career selling shoes . |
| 15 | For just a few minutes out there I was holding a real live flesh-and-blood woman in my arms . ’ |
| 16 | Every day I was sent a secret report by the Chief of Police , and the next afternoon I was playing cards with Fritz when Sapt brought it in . |
| 17 | I was born a poor black boy down in Mississippi , out in Alabama and he 's like a jet white ai n't he ? and he says I always felt different cos all the other kids they just sit there and they 'd be tapping their feet and then you go onto the oh and they 're getting the old rhythm going , like they do and he 'd be going like I all so different I could n't quite do this and he used to get in look , and er |
| 18 | I was wearing a blue woollen sailor 's hat as disguise . |
| 19 | The glamorous nightdress I 'd bought to wear for his visit was still lying in my locker and , instead , I was wearing a shabby old hospital gown . |
| 20 | It was early evening , about seven o'clock ; I was wearing a short skirt and no coat , because the weather was warm , and we were supposed to be going out . |
| 21 | I remember I had this one on my arm and we were we , I was wearing a short sleeved t-shirt and there was some Americans sat behind and I said , ca , I can just always remember one thing Gosh ! |
| 22 | and I 've also got one album erm with a few pictures in from when I was in Kenya which was in nineteen eighty four so , you know , if anyone wants to see what I looked like in there I had longer hair and I was wearing a white coat so they 're very welcome . |
| 23 | I was wearing a heavy overcoat and woollen gloves but the bust whipped its way right into my bones . |
| 24 | The first time I met my wife , I was wearing a fine blue jacket . |
| 25 | I was wearing a thick semi-dry suit and I was quite cold the water was cold and this was in June I was quite nervous and I was forever adjusting my buoyancy to achieve neutral buoyancy . |
| 26 | I was wearing a tight black one-piece , with hands and neck coloured Egertroic green , and artful of scarlet down my front to simulate the usual bloodstains . |
| 27 | I was wearing a large theatrical ring with an enormous ‘ emerald ’ surrounded by paste diamonds and he bent more closely to look at it . |
| 28 | Er anyway as I say er I realized when I 'd started talking er that I was digging a bigger and bigger hole for myself so I er I climbed out of it and and made an exit . |
| 29 | Instead , as I sat in my cabin moodily pouring another Freezobalm , I was facing a good chance of losing my valuable reputation as an interplanetary courier . |
| 30 | At the end of the patrol I was to submit a comprehensive report of our findings . |