Example sentences of "i was still [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ When I was fifteen my mother thought I was still a child … but that year I discovered life , rock and roll and love with a boy named Brownie Hansen … ’ |
2 | I was still a bit sleepy and I hesitated a moment , not knowing whether to run to the bog or the bedroom . |
3 | Like everyone else , I became equally at home with both systems , and I was doubly fortunate in that while I was still a student the metric system changed from being ‘ cgs ’ based ( centimetres , grams , seconds ) to ‘ MKS ’ based ( Metres , Kilograms , Seconds ) . |
4 | I should explain here that I am one of two brothers — and that my elder brother , Leonard , was killed during the Southern African War while I was still a boy . |
5 | ‘ Besides , I was still a bit shaken . |
6 | I was still a little niggled at his not congratulating me on beating his British record . |
7 | I was still a nothing , but I was in a good position to get at Charlie when the time was right . |
8 | By the time I had children of my own , I had overcome by fear to a great extent but I was still a little nervous . |
9 | In fact , my recent painting of Paddington Station was inspired by a sketch I made in 1953 when I was still a student . |
10 | I came to England when I was 9 , that would have been in 1961 , and that 's when I saw the world for what it 's all about , I was still a child but I saw it , the black and white thing , it was a reality . |
11 | By the spring of 1964 I had persuaded myself that as it was nearly nine years since I joined AIB as a Senior Inspector and I was still a Senior Inspector , I would probably draw my pension as status of the engineering investigators to that of the operational investigators . |
12 | It was n't until I underwent hypnosis that I realised I was still a Catholic . |
13 | Yes , I had all the other feelings of distress and fear , I thought of the world at war , I remembered the last war of 1914 — 18 when I was still a schoolboy and I had experienced the air raids on London then . |
14 | In the early part of 1939 I was still a pacifist . |
15 | Although I had now done a few television interviews , I was still a relative novice and there was so much that I wanted to get across to all the people watching . |
16 | Well like any other shop lad , and although worked with me father I was still a shop lad . |
17 | However , I was still a little cautious , and waited until , a few months later , she paid a return visit to England . |
18 | It began one morning at breakfast in the days when I was still a bachelor and Tristan and I were taking our places at the mahogany dining table . |
19 | I had been selected in my second year at Eton , while I was still a Lower boy , to box against the Eton Mission from Hackney Wick in the East End of London . |
20 | He thought that I was still a little mad . |
21 | I was still a child no matter how grown up I felt . |
22 | Quite a long time I would have start probably with more than thirty years ago , because me Mum always make cheese and I just thought making when I was still a girl at the school and since we came here and farmed on me own behalf well twenty six years we 've been making cheeses here . |
23 | ‘ Well , ’ says the Father , blushing , ‘ once , when I was still a young man in the seminary , I … ’ |
24 | At least I was still a virgin , technically speaking . |
25 | ‘ He said I was still a baby . |
26 | if we 're serious about that we need I think to review that very regularly , because I moved offices and discovered I was still a fire officer for a part of the office I was n't even part of , |
27 | ‘ I made an awful lot of money and I was still a reporter with The Northern ‘ I remember I would turn up to journalists ’ union meetings wearing a Walls ice cream coat . ’ |
28 | Well there used to be one on the corner of Street and Street that was , that was a pawnshop right opposite the churches facing it the church were on the one corner Street and used to be on the opposite corner , and Johnny was a member of the church choir as I was after I was ten years ol ten years old , I Mr he must have thought I could sing he sent me down to St Paul 's and I , I went to St Paul 's Church on the corner of Street and I did n't stay there long because it was I was still working part- time I was still a schoolboy but er I did sing in the choir at St Paul 's Church for a time , and then I went , I went back to St Mary 's and All Saints in Palfry as a choirboy and er we used to have choir practice once or twice a week , I know we had it Wednesday night , the choir master was Albert Edward he was a butcher , kept a butcher 's shop on the corner of and |
29 | However , I knew at least a couple of players because I 'd caddied for Roger Fidler in the 1977 British Open while I was still an assistant , and I 'd also carried Florentina Melina 's bag . |
30 | My self-esteem disappeared and I felt worthless , although I told myself that I was still an attractive woman , that there was no need to feel sexually inadequate . ’ |