Example sentences of "[conj] i was [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have been giving him instructions to find out where I was last night . |
| 2 | Where I was last night , and so on . |
| 3 | ‘ When I told Martin that I was 10 weeks ' pregnant with my second child , he enjoyed telling people how clever I was because I 'd arranged it between the interims and the final results ! ’ |
| 4 | From the time that I was eight years of age , on coming out from Morning Service , I could not hang about with my friends , but had to dash to the Sunday Newspaper seller who operated a pitch outside Wilkes , Son and Cassey 's Ironmongers Shop on the corner of Milford Street and Queen Street . |
| 5 | My first thought was that I was 320 duck-jumps behind and if I was ever going to make the state of shai-hai I would probably have to spend a whole weekend duck-jumping . |
| 6 | It seemed to me that it was wanting in every detail , but the objective facts are that I was five feet two and a half , weighed eight stone five , and had my fair share of acne . |
| 7 | For my part , I told her that I was sure Aisha had a lover and we began searching for proof . |
| 8 | I whispered to Catherine that I was sure Heathcliff had heard some of what she said . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But when it was found that I was twenty days short of being twenty-one years older than Richard , legal adoption was ruled out . |
| 11 | As he said to us 42 years later , ‘ I was interested in some kind of sense , that I descended from Aaron , that I was some kind of high priest . |
| 12 | This afternoon — I arrived in Salisbury at around three thirty — when I entered my address in her register as ‘ Darlington Hall ’ , I could see her look at me with some trepidation , assuming no doubt that I was some gentleman used to such places as the Ritz or the Dorchester and that I would storm out of her guest house on being shown my room . |
| 13 | Mind you , he was also daunted by the fact that I was some years his senior . |
| 14 | Listen to a top art director talking about his job : " I think I am probably better now than I was fifteen years ago but one has to work at it , pushing oneself further and further — subjecting oneself to vicious self-criticism . |
| 15 | I have rarely been angrier than I was that day . |
| 16 | I 'm two shots better per round now than I was 12 months ago . |
| 17 | I reckon I 'm two shots better per round now than I was 12 months ago , purely as a result of playing in Tour events . ’ |
| 18 | Each of the six weighed half a kilo so I was glad John came to meet me on arrival . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's tough , but the writing was on the wall once I was 12th man . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And I was six years or something away . |
| 22 | And I was fourteen years old before I touched a piano for the first time . ’ |
| 23 | Survival instincts took precedence , and I was all thumbs as I disentangled camera , binocular , rucksack and rifle straps from round my neck . |
| 24 | It was the most frightening moment of my life and I was icy calm . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Disappointment followed , the lurid projector of mental pictures shut down and I was left feeling I ought to have known better . |
| 27 | The catches snapped open and I was left feeling annoyed that Frank really was that much younger than I. |
| 28 | At eighteen , I was called up for the Army and I was three years there . |
| 29 | I 'm saying that but I , went on holiday with Mary and I was three years older than Mary and mum said to me ooh look after her Mary ! |
| 30 | It was full of soldiers and of military police , and I was near despair . |