Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may venture to add Jerry and I were probably the first Scottish kids to hear this coming over the air . |
| 2 | And so we had a proper argument about this , of course he was a grown up man , I were only a kid you know . |
| 3 | With a final piece of advice that I should climb the hill opposite La Valdieu the next day , I look my leave of the little group , wondering whether they or I were perhaps a little insane . |
| 4 | she and I were always the last two |
| 5 | If I were still a Minister of my country you would be giving me real protection , day and night . |
| 6 | If I were truly a princess — it would be Prince Edward for me ! ’ |
| 7 | When I saw Computer Services , I was immediately a bit disappointed . |
| 8 | Andropov produced a list of names with crosses against them , and I understood I was practically the last Presidium member who had not been ‘ sworn in ’ . |
| 9 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 10 | I was formerly a Lecturer in Phonetics and Linguistics at Queen Margaret College , Edinburgh and while there , I developed a number of computer programs to assist with my teaching . |
| 11 | In contrast , I was like my father , and I darkened rapidly in the sun until I was nearly the shade of terracotta . |
| 12 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 13 | When I was lately a little kind to you and you carried yourself so foolishly , did I not tell you you should say nothing of what passed to any creature , and yet you made a common talk of the matter ? |
| 14 | I was clearly a bad child and that made me even more guilty . |
| 15 | I was normally the first RAF person to view the scene , and I find it quite unbearable to attempt to describe the desolation and carnage that confronted one on a hilltop in the isolation and splendour of the Scottish Highlands . |
| 16 | I thought he was rather a funny man and he thought I was rather a funny girl . |
| 17 | Colin said : ‘ I am renewing old acquaintances as I was previously the site services manager at the end of the South Morecambe project . |
| 18 | At the beginning I was simply a labourer , which entailed doing all the preparation on the ground and ensuring that Eric on the roof was always supplied with materials to work with . |
| 19 | Captain McArthur said : ‘ I was here a few evenings ago , when the band played the anthem . |
| 20 | I was pleased we were talking about girls because I felt this was a subject where Andy 's two extra years did n't really count ; I was effectively the same age as him , and maybe I even knew more than he did because I mixed with girls every day and he only really knew his sister Clare . |
| 21 | I was officially the gardener , but had come to fulfil also roles of secretary , comptroller of household , translator , interpreter , and stool-pigeon ( which they had always intended me to be ) . |
| 22 | I was just a kid looking for the ‘ juice ’ ’ . |
| 23 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
| 24 | At times I felt I was just a kind of palimpsest , or a blackboard that could always be wiped clean to make room for his own work . |
| 25 | I just could n't get a word out then , I was just a quivering , stuttering heap , and I tried to say , ‘ I 've g-g-g-g-got a sp-sp-sp-speech impediment . ’ |
| 26 | Thought I was just a wannabe nobody . ’ |
| 27 | I was just a doss . |
| 28 | I was just a stranger up here in Liverpool , coming from Scotland and I did n't have anybody backing me , which a lot of people do — somebody pulling strings for them . |
| 29 | I was just a girl who couldaint say Non ! |
| 30 | I was just a girl who couldaint say Non ! |