Example sentences of "i was that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone always wants to knock a man off the top — I know , I was that man . |
| 2 | I am now sure I was that boy in an earlier life . |
| 3 | I have rarely been angrier than I was that day . |
| 4 | I was that content with being a mother I 'd decided I did n't want a job until my daughter went to secondary school . |
| 5 | ‘ The fact is , I was that baby , and I know I was born here twenty years ago — ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When I was that age , I slunk about in an agony of embarrassment in case anybody looked at me . ’ |
| 7 | I took part in the obstacle course which when I was that age I found it difficult . |
| 8 | ‘ You see , Jinkwa , ’ he concluded inevitably , ‘ I was that soldier . ’ |
| 9 | What he told me was that M. Chaillot adored the company of women and would wish to charm me . |
| 10 | all you told me was that Miss was retiring . |
| 11 | There were scales I would hear in music and I used to think to myself , ‘ I need to learn that scale , ’ or , ‘ I need to learn how he got that effect using that scale with those chords , ’ and basically what Joe gave me was that sort of thinking . |