Example sentences of "i [was/were] a stranger " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw then that I was a stranger , and the anxiety drained out of him . |
| 2 | When he found I was a stranger , he explained that the houses were numbered at random ‘ in the old-fashioned way ’ . |
| 3 | For when I was hungry , you gave me food ; when thirsty , you gave me drink ; when I was a stranger you took me into your home , when naked you clothed me ; when I was ill you came to my help , when in prison you visited me . ’ |
| 4 | For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 5 | I had a sense , sometimes enormously vivid , that I was a stranger in a strange land ; a visitor , not a native , a displaced person . |
| 6 | Carey addressed the wealthy directly , quoting Jesus ' parable about the sorting of the goats ( the wealthy ) from the sheep ( the poor ) in St Matthew 's gospel : ‘ The curse is upon you … for when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 7 | I felt as if he felt I was a stranger . |
| 8 | ‘ I was a stranger , remember , not really one of the family . |