Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] i [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
| 2 | It was in the winter of 1987–88 that I announced I was going to race mostly in Britain in Olympic year . |
| 3 | It has made me question every aspect of my teaching , including things that I thought I was doing well ! |
| 4 | I was so excited that I forgot I was going into a cage with a wild bird . |
| 5 | My mother had said to Lili one day that she thought I was marrying Syl because he was so much older than me and would take the place of my father . |
| 6 | I had a notepad and I wrote poems on it when he was talking , so they thought I was taking letters . |
| 7 | He suggested abortion two or three times and made it very clear that he thought I was making a mistake . |
| 8 | A firm , insistent hand between my shoulder-blades pushed me further into the room ; my feet moved , but my body refused to follow and I realised I was standing at an angle . |
| 9 | It really did n't feel like it was such big stuff , it was just happening to me and I believed I was going to be all right . |
| 10 | And I thought I was enjoying it . ’ |
| 11 | It was the sort of look between us which would have started alert interest in me if I 'd spotted it between others , and I thought I was hear to losing my grip on what I was supposed to be doing , and that I 'd better be more careful . |
| 12 | And my mother died not long before Christmas , and I thought I was doing fine . |
| 13 | And I thought I was gon na go , go home early at the end of the second semester cos I 'd have my exams . |
| 14 | did he say for me and I thought I was going to go |
| 15 | Well , he said he was a writer , and I said I was looking for plays to invest in and why did n't he write one about his friend , and a couple of months later he 'd written something pretty splendid , had n't he ? |
| 16 | He asked me why and I said I was reading a book called My Early Life by Winston Churchill and that I would want any son of mine to live that life . |
| 17 | For instance , the morning after one night when he 'd stayed until about 5 , so I 'd had very little sleep , I walked around , phased out really , feeling a little bit of an invalid , rather frail and light-headed , but very peaceful , walking carefully so as not to jolt anything , and I felt I was nursing a bit of heaven . |
| 18 | It was enough to captivate the hardest heart and mine took an uncomfortable , half pleasurable jump , and I knew I was lost . |
| 19 | It was no accident , and I knew I was looking at several hundred pounds ' worth of damage . |
| 20 | We put on a few and I knew I was finishing , so I thought I would try to go out with a bang by breaking the pavilion window in the Long Room . |
| 21 | And I knew I was coming up you know . |
| 22 | But in the hospital you were smilin' like and I knew I was mistakin' . |
| 23 | ‘ Anyway , that night they put a night-light in my room , in case I had nightmares , but the shadows were even worse than the darkness , and so I just lay there , under the covers , quivering with fear thanks to these damn dragons , and I wished Ken was back from University because sometimes I was allowed to sleep in his room , and I wished I was allowed a torch in my room , but I was n't , and I was wondering about crying really loudly , because that would bring mum and dad in to see me , but then what did I say was wrong ? |
| 24 | ‘ If I thought I was causing any pain to the fish I would n't go fishing and I think all anglers feel that way , ’ he says . |
| 25 | I used to have to go to the toilet if I thought I was going to fight anyone , or just go to bed and close my eyes and think , ‘ Not long , not long , not long to go ’ , to keep myself down there . |
| 26 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 27 | On my negative but friendly response they asked if I knew I was trespassing . |
| 28 | I mean , you know , if I said I was going to an orgy he 'd say , ‘ Oh , all right , as long as I know where you are ’ . |
| 29 | Things were fine for a year or two , until I found I was becoming rather reluctant to weed . |
| 30 | But anyway , she went to so she had she she was n't she 'd been very pro American until I decided I was gon na emigrate . |