Example sentences of "and [pers pn] was [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And I was a young men in my prime !
2 And I was a new broom with a reputation for sweeping clean .
3 He was a local lad and already a star in clubland , and I was a second-year apprentice comic visiting the north-east for the first time and decidedly wary of its reputation .
4 And I was good Oh and I and I was a good player as well .
5 He informed me that mentally he was aged sixty and I was a mere twenty .
6 And I was a great fan of Hank 's .
7 Henry Compton was a good school , and I was a reasonable pupil — no cherub , but no devil either .
8 You were heir to a throne and I was a minor officer from a village you had never heard of . "
9 When I was in Moscow , my grandmother was with me and everything that I wanted she was doing for me and I was a little girl who had everything .
10 Allan just had to turn up , so the paper hinted , and I was a beaten man .
11 My favourite group was New Order , and I was a big fan of Depeche Mode and The Cure as well .
12 Now Haseley was big , really big , and I was the smallest there , a raw recruit to the international scene .
13 ‘ We were running races , ’ she said , ‘ and I was the fastest .
14 So the accent was no problem and I was the right age .
15 I told him about the sunsets , when the Jungfrau had turned pink and I was the only person on the Aletsch .
16 We had to hire a dress , and I was the only one who was pale ; they had all got tans on a sunbed .
17 The line went on into a big Jamaican area , and I was the only white left in a full carriage .
18 When he finished reading , he began to sing his favourite song , If You Were The Only Girl In The World And I Was The Only Boy , except he turned the words round — for a laugh , he always said — and sang : ‘ If I was the only girl in the world and you were the only boy … . ’
19 When I arrived Jules and Sherry were nowhere in sight , and I was the only performer without a day job as a singing teacher in Coventry .
20 make him feel better , and I was the only one of all his children
21 ‘ She was in hospital for six weeks , and I was the only one who knew it was n't an accident .
22 " If you were the only girl in the world and I was the only boy , nothing else would matter in the whole wide world , " my mother would sing inappropriately .
23 But erm I think I had lots of people praying for me back here because I did n't have any problem with them and I was the only one who did n't .
24 Well do you know , out of all the girls who work New Year 's Eve right , I told them on the night , oh I said we 'll get about forty pound for tonight wo n't I , because it 's double time and I was the only one who complained about it when I had my pay .
25 that was the laugh with David he said erm , he said about that and that cos when he had this , they had this big farewell thing did n't they at the bowling alley and I never went and I was the only one and erm they come round , they come round and I thought yeah I really
26 Yeah , I was arguing black and blue , and I was the only one , sort of saying , oh no I do n't think that 's right .
27 We were a very respectable family and I was the second child .
28 Furious , she swung around and I was the nearest to her .
29 You went out and about for twelve weeks with your tutor constable , if you like , they call it puppy walking he was the highly trained policeman and I was the new policeman , I was with him for twelve weeks .
30 Our then new young branch secretary came in to sort out our grievance before he left the yard , our grievance was sorted , and I was the new collection steward .
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