Example sentences of "[coord] i [was/were] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As neither he nor I were long-term government servants , we were rather more critical of policies and decisions , and did our best to see that reasonable criticism was reasonably answered .
2 He came to me He had a problem , he and I were good friends and he said that erm that this one girl s erm Michelle , was his favourite wife and that he had been with her since erm she was twelve .
3 Szell and I were great friends .
4 Slater glanced at Graham , " Sara and I were next-door neighbours for a while , I do believe our parents may even have intended us for each other at one time , without actually saying anything about it , of course . "
5 Malc and I were all part of the same gang when we were 14 , sort of ‘ paired off ’ when we were 15 , and started putting our biology theory into practice at 16 .
6 The flight engineer and I were one-time apprentices at Trenchard 's , Halton , and he had left the Service at the end of his 12 years and returned when the war started .
7 Terry and I were worst hit and for a couple of days I was left off the chain so that I could use the toilet whenever I needed .
8 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 .
9 And I was six years or something away .
10 And I was fourteen years old before I touched a piano for the first time . ’
11 Survival instincts took precedence , and I was all thumbs as I disentangled camera , binocular , rucksack and rifle straps from round my neck .
12 It was the most frightening moment of my life and I was icy calm .
13 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 .
14 Disappointment followed , the lurid projector of mental pictures shut down and I was left feeling I ought to have known better .
15 The catches snapped open and I was left feeling annoyed that Frank really was that much younger than I.
16 At eighteen , I was called up for the Army and I was three years there .
17 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 !
18 It was full of soldiers and of military police , and I was near despair .
19 and I was ten stone two
20 Anyway that thought decided me to make for the bedroom but I was late starting and had only just reached the top of the stairs when he was half-way up with the big brown teapot held in his pelting position .
21 But I was upset Romeo banished
22 Changez 's brother sent him money , too , which was unusual , because it should have been the other way round as Changez made his way in the affluent West , but I was sure celebrations in India at Changez 's departure were still taking place .
23 But I was nine years in er digs .
24 But I was 8,000 miles away . ’
25 Mother thought it was a liability , ie , it would have to be dry-cleaned , but I was twelve years old and had a Ph.D .
26 ‘ It sounds feeble , but I was afraid Grant might be so angry I would finally lose him . ’
27 T' little lass felled in t' river tryin' to cross by t' Brownies ' Bridge , an' I was busy a-dryin' of her . ’
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