Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [v-ing] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was only one occasion when , either preoccupied or through sheer inattentiveness , I found him rising before I had made preparations to follow . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've often seen it falling when I 've come home through a raid , from that Anti Aircraft gun . |
| 3 | It keeps me thinking and I know I 'm going to enjoy the different style . ’ |
| 4 | It 's the thought of you that keeps me going when I begin to flag or feel a bit faint-hearted … |
| 5 | Oh well Derek , there 's a chance still mate , if we can stop them pegging but I think the chances of stopping them pegging three is a bit remote ! |
| 6 | I heard you listening and I thought oh she 'll probably wan na tell me if there 's anything , it 's that the warmer airstream or something . |
| 7 | I heard him leaving because I had n't been in bed very long , and I heard him coming back because I had a bit of indigestion and I could n't sleep . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It took virtually the whole of my grandmother 's legacy to buy out the lease — all I 've got left is a bit to keep me going until I start to show a profit . |
| 9 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
| 10 | I was going to try the door , but I could hear him snoring before I touched the handle , so I turned and went to the bathroom . |
| 11 | ‘ I have 12 or 13 players who can hold their own with the best in the League but injuries would leave me struggling and I know it . ’ |
| 12 | Once I get on to a good thing I keep it going until I run out of luck . |
| 13 | ‘ They have lost confidence , but Martin is just the player who can get them going and I think you will see their true character soon . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't notice you laughing when I have to go away for the night . |
| 15 | But I remembered her asking whether I did n't go crazy on my own at The Pightle . |
| 16 | I still want to get it going but I do n't want to put a double shift onto unless I have to . |
| 17 | I read in an old Practical Fishkeeping an article on setting up a South American general community , this set me thinking and I decided to set up a South American Catfish community with a view to keeping some of the more readily-available , but hard to breed catfish and to provide them with the optimum conditions and numbers to hopefully have some breeding success . |
| 18 | I often see him watching as I go by . |