Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] to [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The natural justification of my choice between the fruit would be something like ‘ The peach looked delicious ’ , which conveys the full information that I expected to be responding in accord with ‘ Be aware ’ until the last trace of the flavour faded from my mouth . |
| 2 | In my third year at Oxford , however , I noticed that I seemed to be getting clumsier , and I fell over once or twice for no apparent reason . |
| 3 | The fact that I appeared to be driving the only topless car on the east coast did n't make it any easier . |
| 4 | The goat bells receded and I seemed to be moving through even deeper layers of peace . |
| 5 | At eight o'clock I could see the faces of the audience well enough , but by and by the room became quite dark , and I seemed to be addressing an audience of silent and attentive ghosts . |
| 6 | Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan . |
| 7 | He was exiting the Commons Chamber at the end of Prime Minister 's Question Time and I happened to be walking along the corridor which he was entering . |
| 8 | And I wanted to be doing something so I went I went back to nursing . |
| 9 | I must also apologize if I seemed to be trying to put you off them . |
| 10 | cos I wanted to be looking at me plans . |
| 11 | I was confusing those regulations with some others , because I happened to be dealing with the lack of adequate time for the disability working regulations . |
| 12 | And also , if she came in when I had the triplets it meant that erm you know , she was sitting talking to me when I wanted to be playing with them and taking them out and getting on with doing things with them . |
| 13 | I was never assaulted , never kicked out of my home or sacked , even though I seemed to be inviting it . |