Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] i [vb past] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had just returned to Los Angeles from the Aleutians where I had been making a film , and I came across Errol Flynn at a party at David O Selznick 's house . |
| 2 | I knew I 'd overdone the garlic in the Rogan Josh because I 'd been trying to impress Zaria . |
| 3 | The problem came to a crisis after I had been going to evening classes ( Workers ' Educational Association ) , the subject being psychology . |
| 4 | ‘ I went on to a party in Cambridge after I 'd been catching swifts , and in the middle of the party a horrible large green thing , a flightless parasitic fly , found on swifts , crawled crabwise out of my hair on to my dinner jacket — it was a dinner jacket sort of party . |
| 5 | I did n't have a big name in the business as I 'd been concentrating just on working , so I was n't a star and could n't force through any changes . |
| 6 | Not that dissimilar from the other meter considering I had been swapping and mixing the two tank 's water . |
| 7 | I did n't need a pee because I 'd been pissing on the Poles during the day , infecting them with my scent and power . |
| 8 | Cos that 's why I did n't get any when I got my last prescription because I 'd been trying to just sort of even take one |
| 9 | At the time I was playing a Les Paul , which was n't my first choice because I had been playing Telecasters when Stevie ( Nicks ) and I were working together before we joined Fleetwood Mac , but when we joined the band there was an existing sound and the Telecaster was n't cutting it . |
| 10 | My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days . |
| 11 | I had bought a pair of trousers and a T-shirt when I had been shopping with a friend . |