Example sentences of "[coord] i [was/were] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was the most frightening moment of my life and I was icy calm . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Disappointment followed , the lurid projector of mental pictures shut down and I was left feeling I ought to have known better . |
| 8 | The catches snapped open and I was left feeling annoyed that Frank really was that much younger than I. |
| 9 | It was full of soldiers and of military police , and I was near despair . |
| 10 | and I was ten stone two |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ It sounds feeble , but I was afraid Grant might be so angry I would finally lose him . ’ |
| 13 | T' little lass felled in t' river tryin' to cross by t' Brownies ' Bridge , an' I was busy a-dryin' of her . ’ |