Example sentences of "[pron] was [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Cos I was more or less going as she come in . |
| 32 | When a young lad , well as a young lad you were n't allowed to be cos you 're not going to be in there son , and as I was er saying until I , until I left school I was more or less at work between school and bedtime you see , but er the majority of lads used to do a , do a little part-time job in those days |
| 33 | Maybe they both happened at once but from that moment everything was dreamlike and wonderful , I lost count of time as I sat there while the breathing became deep and regular and the animal began to he aware of his surroundings ; and by the time he started to look around him and twitch his tail tentatively I realized suddenly that I was stiff-jointed and almost frozen to the spot . |
| 34 | I was confused and still worried that there might be horses and that I had not changed my bloomers which were wet from where I had fallen in the icy fish . |
| 35 | ‘ I told you I was interested as soon as you mentioned Birkleigh and Thorn House , did n't I ? ’ he went on . |
| 36 | First of all Mum thought I was anorexic and then she thought I 'd got thyroid trouble . |
| 37 | I was comfortable and very happy . |
| 38 | I was startled but merely replied , ‘ You know my views . |
| 39 | I was conscious that here I belonged to a community with roots in the distant past and a distinguished place in British history . |
| 40 | Geography , see Michelle should have I was conscious that perhaps Michelle was gon na be a bit out of that bit , some of those |
| 41 | Said one : ‘ I lied about my birth but I realised I was different and always coming top of the class did not help . ’ |
| 42 | I was half-dozing when suddenly I smelt something burning , followed by a small bang under my bed which shook me awake . |
| 43 | By the time I 'd recovered I was skinnier than ever , having been rationed to an orange a day . |
| 44 | You 'd recognize this if you are a driver and especially a driver who maybe has the opportunity of travelling long distance , now years ago when I was younger and perhaps some of you in the audience when you were younger , you could go from here to the South of England with no trouble , without a break and you 'd head on down the motorway and you , you 'd be alert and alive and er ready to meet up with all sorts of emergencies and you 'd drive quite well all the way down , non stop down the South of England , but if you 're like me now , when I get to Stafford on the motorway you 're beginning to feel as if you 've had enough and it 's difficult to try and keep your concentration as you used to years ago , and that 's how it can be in the truth sometimes , when we 've been with it a long time that , we grow older not only physically , but spiritually too we become very experienced in the truth and we become very sort of fat spiritually , we can live off of that fat ca n't we ? |
| 45 | I was afraid but also excited . |
| 46 | Yes , I could stay the night , as I was homeless and compulsorily brought here , but in the morning , as I was over twenty-five , I must report to the billeting Officer . |
| 47 | ‘ This time last year I was cold and very miserable . |
| 48 | ‘ In 1980 I was 19 and just coming to the end of The Skids , which I 'd been in since I was 15 . |
| 49 | I was 19 and still studying at RADA when I made my first TV appearance . |
| 50 | The palm which momentarily touched his was moist and very cold . |
| 51 | His was grim and totally unfriendly . |
| 52 | Furthermore Baldwin had to negotiate against the background of a damaging partial commitment by the Coalition Government , including the elegantly drafted but ill-judged Balfour note of July 1922 , and an American public opinion which was inward-looking and brashly commercial . |
| 53 | I invite him to read the Prime Minister 's response to the right hon. Member for Chesterfield , which was far and away the most interesting part of the debate — Amended text or not , it reveals the muddle to which the other 11 nations of Europe do not subscribe . |
| 54 | Bishop William Alexander preached an eulogy which was eloquent but somewhat imprecise about the qualities for which he was celebrated : |
| 55 | He had been experimenting with dental floss , which was multi-stranded but then broke when rubbed against rocks or weeds . |
| 56 | There were one or two that er had which was good as well . |
| 57 | When Birkenhead left office in 1928 , Baldwin accepted his resignation with a reluctance which was convincing because honestly expressed : ‘ We shall part , on my side at least , with a feeling of personal regret which I could not have believed possible four years ago . ’ |
| 58 | Friends came in for a drink and a snack and kept on coming and going for the rest of the day , which was useful as well as friendly because they brought their appetites with them , and most of the refreshments were disposed of . |
| 59 | He seemed not to dislike her , which was odd since apart from him all who knew her were united in this emotion . |
| 60 | On the way they bought three second hand cars which was odd because only one of them could drive |