Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] i was " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in that memo I was trying to say : " I 'm no celebrity , to be polished and projected . |
| 2 | Anyway : in that school I was an independent young tomboyish ratbag + my peers were dignified ratbags . |
| 3 | I appreciate that in that respect I was drifting out of order . |
| 4 | In that debate I was able to say that in Croydon in 1991 there were more than 40,000 enrolments for higher education , representing 20,000 to 30,000 students . |
| 5 | We 'd known that in the mountains and in due course I was to see it myself from the other side of the fence . |
| 6 | In this case I was chairing a " Report Extra Special " , as well as editing it . |
| 7 | In this dream I was standing by a river watching a man in swimming trunks caught in the downward surge of a waterfall or weir . |
| 8 | In this dream I was the invisible observer of the terrace outside Francis 's house in the Abacos . |
| 9 | The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school . |
| 10 | In writing along these lines Taylor was a pioneer , and he reflected , ‘ In this affair I was almost forced to walk alone . ’ |
| 11 | In this year I was imprisoned and in trouble : and the clerk was negligent . |
| 12 | In this situation I was able to ‘ choose ’ to study the position of women in the unions . |
| 13 | In this respect I was indeed fortunate to have such sensitive , understanding and adroit colleagues as Tony Geluch , Jimmy Gilmore and Don Horne working with me on hundreds of productions over my nine years at CBR . |
| 14 | I thought that in some way I was n't pleasing you . |
| 15 | Earlier today the Secretary of State chided me and said that in some way I was an advocate of his system because I used the example of refuse collection and its cost to show that his system was simple and that we were in agreement on it . |
| 16 | No longer young myself , I feel as if in some respects I was never young . |
| 17 | In some ways I was glad . |
| 18 | In some ways I was more reckless and exposed myself to danger because I felt we had to come out and prove that the Government was responsible for the deaths of all the students . |
| 19 | ‘ Since you remember those moments we shared so vividly , my prowess as a lover must have left some impression on you , ’ he gritted toughly , then , his eyes glinting dangerously , he told her , straight from the shoulder , ‘ Though in actual fact I was n't talking of our time on your bed , but of your interest in my financial standing ! ’ |
| 20 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
| 21 | In later life I was made unnecessarily unhappy by my religious divergence from his position . ’ |
| 22 | In later life I was lucky enough to be able to afford flying lessons , even though they cost a fortune at £5 an hour ! |
| 23 | So er when I was , I was on the county council I was on the welfare committee and er in later years I was on the planning committee . |
| 24 | Sharon Stone : In Basic Instinct I was naked . |
| 25 | ‘ On my first day in corporate finance I was translating for a Japanese MD who was hoping to buy a British company . ’ |
| 26 | So when I went back to my surgeon in late January I was reasonably confident . |
| 27 | One night in late July I was taken out to supper by Ian Gow , the Prime Minister 's Parliamentary Private Secretary . |
| 28 | In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go . |
| 29 | The Italian the other children spoke in school was not a dialect like my Triestino and in many subjects I was in any case behind the others , a thought which made me very unhappy . |
| 30 | In many ways I was greatly relieved as it had become obvious to me that he was n't well . |