Example sentences of "and 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 |