Example sentences of "[coord] i was [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And I was six years or something away . |
| 3 | And I was fourteen years old before I touched a piano for the first time . ’ |
| 4 | Survival instincts took precedence , and I was all thumbs as I disentangled camera , binocular , rucksack and rifle straps from round my neck . |
| 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 | At eighteen , I was called up for the Army and I was three years there . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | It was full of soldiers and of military police , and I was near despair . |
| 12 | and I was ten stone two |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But I was upset Romeo banished |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But I was nine years in er digs . |
| 17 | ‘ But I was 8,000 miles away . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ It sounds feeble , but I was afraid Grant might be so angry I would finally lose him . ’ |
| 20 | T' little lass felled in t' river tryin' to cross by t' Brownies ' Bridge , an' I was busy a-dryin' of her . ’ |