Example sentences of "i was a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I er I was a keen cyclist . |
| 2 | Once I was a keen fisherman . |
| 3 | That would worry me if I was a Labour Party member because you have got a good case but you are not putting it across in a way that convinces doctors themselves . |
| 4 | ‘ I was a prominent member of the pony club , ’ said Ian with equal lameness . |
| 5 | I was a backward child ; I was always being ill with colds , coughs and bilious attacks . |
| 6 | I watched Alexander whore , drink , lecher and toady to your Edward and I knew that I was a better man . |
| 7 | I wish I was a better songwriter . ’ |
| 8 | She depended on me for company ; I was a better companion than Colonel Goreng . |
| 9 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
| 10 | I was a better investment than my sister , because I passed the eleven-plus , went to grammar school , would get a good job ( university was later seen to offer the same arena of advantages ) , marry a man who would , as she said , buy " me a house , and you a house . |
| 11 | I was a European top salesman with er that company and then moved on as a franchise . |
| 12 | ‘ I was a pushy graduate ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I was a decent bloke and I never had syphilis neither , ’ Mr Sugden explained , ‘ I had lead poisoning , that 's why I went bald . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I went into analysis because I realised I was a dangerous character — I mean this suicidal , self-destructive instinct I had . |
| 15 | I was a mental case . |
| 16 | Yes but when you 've been , when you 've been in the work as I have over many years with doctors , I was a mental welfare officer so I mean I know er , you know , you can be fobbed off . |
| 17 | I rarely used them when I was a legitimate student much preferring the local pubs . |
| 18 | IF I was a rich man , I would pay Allan Lamb 's wages . |
| 19 | I was a rich man now , but what use was money to me ? |
| 20 | I think if I was a rich peasant I would be using that to argue that you could take my rented land , it was |
| 21 | I do n't know , I mean if I was a rich peasant I would be |
| 22 | McIllvanney stared at me as though I was a complete idiot . |
| 23 | ‘ You and your little nerves , ’ he said and he put his fingers in the back of the collar of my dress and pulled it slightly as though I was a recalcitrant dog . |
| 24 | Now , the day had grown dark but I was a burly rogue , carrying sword and dagger , yet my assailants just seemed to step out of the shadows . |
| 25 | At one time I was a nihilistic punk with a mohican and a ring in my nose . |
| 26 | J. Chapman , Sledmere Drive , Acklam , Middlesbrough : I was a final year pharmacy student in Sunderland and I was setting up apparatus for a chemistry experiment , when another student came in with the sad news that the King had died . |
| 27 | She was 5ft 4in ( ’ though I could make myself 5ft 5in ’ ) , had a 23in waist ( ’ yes , I was a normal girl ’ ) , and could kick so high that two legs became a straight line . |
| 28 | I 'm glad I was a normal school kid . |
| 29 | I WAS A NORMAL eighteen-year-old : shuttered , self-conscious , untravelled and sneering ; violently educated , socially crass , emotionally blurting . |
| 30 | I was a close friend of his parents , you know . |