Example sentences of "i was [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly , when young , one does tend to be annoyed by remarks such as , ‘ My grandad 's older than your dad ’ , and become increasingly frustrated by mum 's , ‘ When I was young a shilling would buy ’ lectures , but this is merely a passing phase . |
| 2 | Falconer , out of action for six months after a knee operation , said : ‘ I think I was due a goal . |
| 3 | I was awake a long time that night . |
| 4 | Before , I was such a handsome man , so sexy , so divine and so promiscuous . ’ |
| 5 | I was such a goody-goody at school it was unbelievable that I was pregnant . |
| 6 | I was such a weary girl that I bored myself . |
| 7 | I felt , wretchedly , that I was such a moral coward , such a sickening liar , that making a promise I knew I had no intention whatever of keeping was hardly any worse than what I had already done . |
| 8 | And to think I was such a fool as to let it happen when I was thirty-five ! ’ ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I was such a little silly , was n't I , pouring out my precious little thoughts and fears to nice big Miguelito ! ’ |
| 10 | I was such a misery that by the end of the first week Elise asked a friend to help out in the shop , and packed me off to join him . ’ |
| 11 | I was such a party animal at the |
| 12 | While I was pregnant a young security guard used to enquire solicitously about the state of my ankles . |
| 13 | ‘ Jason has been my boss for the last year , and as far as I was concerned a reasonably good one . |