Example sentences of "i was [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was sure that no one could have had time to cross the gravel . |
| 2 | Despite the huge amount of work that had gone into making the vigil a success , though , I was sure that the whole thing would be forgotten again — just as John 's actual kidnap had been the year before . |
| 3 | Some trepidation did exist therefore on this occasion but I was fortunate and the MV Brendan had only to negotiate a slight swell on its way past Eriskay to South Uist . |
| 4 | When I was eighteen and a half I was let out , but I think I got institutionalised being there three and a half years , and I wanted to stay there . |
| 5 | But I was pleased that the World Bank said we had done as much in our first year as they did in their first 10 . ’ |
| 6 | I was pleased that the supplementary guidance for the terms of reference for my Working Group mentioned both information technology ( IT ) and media studies : ‘ English teaching will provide one appropriate context … for developing information handling skills , … and for media studies … |
| 7 | I was pleased that the Government confirmed their commitment to play a constructive role in the two intergovernmental conferences on economic and monetary union and on political union . |
| 8 | ‘ And that 's why I was pleased when the Whitesnake opportunity came along in ‘ 77 , because there was more feel to their music then . |
| 9 | I was unaware of this and ca n't afford it anyway , so I was pleased when the manageress of the shop next door came up with the bright idea of playing it in my rest room , where the public are not allowed . |
| 10 | I was curious that the branch of economics which related to the welfare of individuals and societies , namely welfare economics , depended on an explicit set of judgments , which seemed remarkably similar to contemporary liberal values . |
| 11 | I was innocent but the evidence was damning . ’ |
| 12 | Sir , I was disappointed that no Lonely Planet guidebooks featured in your Travel Guides Bookseller list ( 26th March ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I was disappointed that the situation had to arise at all , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I was disappointed that the valve did n't seem to play as big a part in the sound as I was hoping , so maybe Hughes & Kettner should look at giving this part of the Attax a tweak or two . |
| 15 | I was disappointed that the water-wheel had gone — the kitchen had been built over the pit which had housed it . |
| 16 | I was disappointed that the otherwise excellent article on Catherine Destivelle 's recent ascent of the Dru was spoiled by the description of ‘ her brief career as a competition rock bimbo . ’ |
| 17 | Naturally I was disappointed that the most notable name of which we could boast had to be excluded : and although I knew that he disliked re-reading his prose works , I was as sorry that he felt the essay to be below standard as I was to regret his later repudiation of After Strange Gods . |
| 18 | I was disappointed that the Home Secretary spent so much of his time this afternoon outlining a few examples of asylum seekers who have been proved to be lying . |
| 19 | ‘ I was disappointed when a move to the club fell through earlier in the season because I believe my style would be suited to the English game . |
| 20 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 21 | ( I was four and a half years on the Western Front as a stretcher bearer ) and only one of the worst cases who had it and lived through it . |
| 22 | I was four and a half years old and I was about to start Bedfield Primary School . |
| 23 | And then I was four and a half year in Sanday . |
| 24 | ‘ My father bought the estate before the war for the milk , not ever intending to go there , but then when the war came we lived there , from about 1942 when I was four and the first things I remember in life were from there . ’ |
| 25 | Such a proposal is now of another era , however , and I was present when an ex-Dean of Academic Studies at the college presented a paper ( Stead 1980 ) attacking the trend to expensive , amalgamated police units which had grown up in the previous two decades . |
| 26 | And I was impressed that a Harley Street gynaecologist was prepared to boil his own kettle . |
| 27 | Fifteen and a half Er well no I was nineteen and a half then you see , five years is n't it . |
| 28 | But I was asleep while the while they took it . |
| 29 | I was feeling a bit pissed off : I was sore where the fickle Shelly had left her mark and I was distinctly peckish . |
| 30 | ‘ After my father died , when I was five and a half , she used to make me bath myself all alone . |