Example sentences of "i was a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I knew what he was getting at , of course , and I was so hurt that he should think he had to approach me in such a roundabout fashion — as if I was a terrible , uncharitable woman who had to be coaxed into a simple act of kindness — that I suggested it myself at once , though it was really the last thing I wanted . |
2 | Once I was a keen fisherman . |
3 | I er I was a keen cyclist . |
4 | Rather I was a simple , a frangible petitioner , assisted only by the goddess Flora . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | ‘ I was a prominent member of the pony club , ’ said Ian with equal lameness . |
7 | I was a backward child ; I was always being ill with colds , coughs and bilious attacks . |
8 | I watched Alexander whore , drink , lecher and toady to your Edward and I knew that I was a better man . |
9 | I wish I was a better songwriter . ’ |
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 | She depended on me for company ; I was a better companion than Colonel Goreng . |
12 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
13 | I was a European top salesman with er that company and then moved on as a franchise . |
14 | ‘ I was a pushy graduate ’ . |
15 | ‘ I was a decent bloke and I never had syphilis neither , ’ Mr Sugden explained , ‘ I had lead poisoning , that 's why I went bald . ’ |
16 | ‘ I went into analysis because I realised I was a dangerous character — I mean this suicidal , self-destructive instinct I had . |
17 | I was a mental case . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | I rarely used them when I was a legitimate student much preferring the local pubs . |
20 | IF I was a rich man , I would pay Allan Lamb 's wages . |
21 | I was a rich man now , but what use was money to me ? |
22 | I think if I was a rich peasant I would be using that to argue that you could take my rented land , it was |
23 | I do n't know , I mean if I was a rich peasant I would be |
24 | McIllvanney stared at me as though I was a complete idiot . |
25 | ‘ I was a complete and utter idiot — but I wanted proof . ’ |
26 | For the first time in my life I tasted champagne and I did not care for it very much because I was a complete and absolute non-drinker at the time , I would like to warn anybody that this was something which did not last for very long : I have since acquired an insatiable thirst and desire for champagne . |
27 | ‘ 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 . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | I was a stranger once again , |
30 | At one time I was a nihilistic punk with a mohican and a ring in my nose . |