Example sentences of "[vb past] i was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was of no avail , and as the time passed I was the unwilling witness of the gradual transition from heartiness to silence , then to something like panic . |
| 2 | I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men . |
| 3 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 4 | I suppose what you told me was the whole truth ? ’ |
| 5 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 6 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 7 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through … |
| 8 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 9 | I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy . |
| 10 | As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon , four others turned up . |
| 11 | When I made love to you , and then , even more devastating , discovered I was the first , that you 'd chosen me to be your first lover , it was like … capturing the castle , stealing the Crown Jewels … ’ |
| 12 | One evening when we were watching the show , I looked around and discovered I was the only person awake in the room . |
| 13 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 14 | At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it . |
| 15 | How comforting to read Gill Rowley 's Pet-Hate List ( YWTU , October GH ) about the check-out trolley pushers — I always thought I was the only person in the world who wanted to reverse , screaming hysterically , ‘ Get back ! ’ |
| 16 | I thought I was the only one mad enough to go walking in this weather . ’ |
| 17 | I thought I was the only one to satisfy you ; you told me that once ; you said I was the only one who had ever made you — ’ |
| 18 | Always thought I was the shy one of us two . |
| 19 | But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest . |
| 20 | I thought I was the greatest . |
| 21 | I thought I was the bad girl , but everybody else was doing exactly the same . |
| 22 | I always thought I was the philandering type , but my mind keeps going back to her . |
| 23 | The name they gave me was the old principessa 's , the prince 's mother , the kind one . |
| 24 | One thing that struck me was the great need to bear children . |
| 25 | I thought I was the only one to satisfy you ; you told me that once ; you said I was the only one who had ever made you — ’ |
| 26 | John Heminges said I was the best properties man in the city . |
| 27 | But the managers I played for all said I was the best professional . |
| 28 | He said I was the healthiest ghost he 'd ever seen ! |
| 29 | ‘ Well , actually , Sam said I was the same height as him now and he happened to have two . |
| 30 | I laughed and said I was the same when I was young . |