Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] i was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 2 | At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat . |
| 3 | That 's not me by the way in case you thought I was phoning myself it 's not me . |
| 4 | ‘ I have a machine , ’ I faltered , but from the look in her eye I knew I was defeated . |
| 5 | The first lecture I gave I was going on about the different approaches to psychology . |
| 6 | But in a little while I knew I was to have a child . ’ |
| 7 | I was shaking and sweating so much in the confessional I thought I was going to faint . |
| 8 | Three helico , oh , or helicopters went over three times in the night I thought I was gon na raped and pillaged but no luck ! |
| 9 | The night I arrived I was walking around the streets on my own looking for work . |
| 10 | Last night I dreamt I was eating a rubber NME . |
| 11 | In a fitful sleep I dreamt I was swimming through drowned villages . |
| 12 | As he walked on to the first tee he could n't get any proper words out at all , and so I was frightened to speak to him in case he thought I was teasing him . |
| 13 | The next thing I knew I was looking straight up the barrel of this gun because the Fairey Fox was no more than 12ft away from the cabin and the pilot was very annoyed . |
| 14 | In my rejection of the image I saw I was making a statement , the apparent text of which read , ‘ I do n't want to look like ( be ) that . ’ |
| 15 | was n't really a technical situation I thought I was told yesterday that the erm letter from the Inspe the Pollution Inspectorate was a matter of opinion . |
| 16 | That summer I thought I was going to be able to work in the shop full-time up until I started at St. Martin 's School of Art in the autumn . |
| 17 | In a funny way I knew I was going to need treatment . |
| 18 | Historical metaphors can never do justice to the complexity of a country 's past , but at this early stage of my trip I felt I was beginning to discern a snake 's energy and inertia in Peru 's past . |
| 19 | In one way it was good to have success so quickly , but in another way it meant I was facing things for which I was n't really prepared . |
| 20 | ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ said Francis on the eve of the Coca-Cola Cup tie with Rangers . |
| 22 | So every time I thought I was dropping off they 'd start . |
| 23 | At the same time I felt I was owed an explanation . |
| 24 | Dana did not reappear for a few days , and during that time I felt I was going mad . |
| 25 | ‘ I wondered this afternoon if something was wrong , then when she belittled her headache I thought I was over-reacting . ’ |