Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] i be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She twigged what I was driving at … that I suspected Alain had been murdered … and decided to get in first to throw me off the scent . |
| 2 | Finally , at one of the smaller institutes , one on the Restoration of Palaces , I found what I was looking for . |
| 3 | Sure enough I found what I was looking for : a concealed pocket inside the quilted jerkin . |
| 4 | ‘ I told them I was leaving after the first gig and it was this bloke from Dik Dik Dimorphic who was going on at me saying that I should n't leave . |
| 5 | I told them I was going to be the British number one . |
| 6 | Told me I was jumping to conclusions and weaving fantasies and all the rest of it . |
| 7 | I had to go to the doctor in the end and he told me I was suffering from malnutrition . |
| 8 | He told me I was turning into a jealous old queen but before he slammed the phone down he agreed not to tell Mother about the death . |
| 9 | told me I was talking to Brian day before yesterday , second line , he says there 's loads of them doing it and it ca n't be cured |
| 10 | I told everyone I was going for a merit , but it made me feel really good when I got it ! |
| 11 | ‘ I told him I was training with Guisborough that evening , so he met me up there and a deal was sorted out . |
| 12 | I told him I was waiting for my boyfriend , and he got back in his car but still sat there , looking at me . |
| 13 | He asked me if I 'd been to Eton , but seemed more or less satisfied when I told him I was educated at Cheltenham Ladies ’ College . |
| 14 | but er , she says I 've got ta get off of the phone cos I 've , when I , when I told him I was gon na phone you he went oh no |
| 15 | Colette and Bernard self-published works about matters holistic and mystical , and Ken relaxed when I told him I was working on a thriller . |
| 16 | Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’ |
| 17 | I told myself I was gon na learn a bit of German before I went to see Eileen again |
| 18 | I told 'im I was gettin' over me wounds an' 'e said the work was 'ard an' did I fink I could manage it . |
| 19 | Th that 's where I , I really started in and sort of showed what I was made of . |
| 20 | When you last saw me I was living in a room |
| 21 | I went to see what he wanted and before I knew it I was bundled into the car and we were on our way home . |
| 22 | I could share things with you , I could , you know , the dreams , the ideas , you were one of the people who understood what I was talking about . |
| 23 | I 'd used dikes , DFs and things like that before , so I knew what I was getting into . |
| 24 | I found that sentence easier because I knew what I was getting into . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't want the Russians on my track if they knew what I was looking for — just think what it would mean if it turned up now ? |
| 26 | … they brought their homework in and made a list of … aspects like their use of materials , time , care , etc … so they knew what I was looking for , and then I spoke to each child individually and asked ‘ What would you give this piece out of ten ’ and so we obviously had to define our assessment objectives . |
| 27 | He knew what I was looking for ; and he indicated that he might be able to help . |
| 28 | I 've just asked Kurt whether the heroin rumours are true — to which he 's laughed , said ‘ No ! ’ and made me feel his arms for any tell-tale scars or holes , though obviously shooting up is n't the only way to take smack and to be honest I 'm not sure I knew what I was meant to be looking for , but still , it 's an impressive gesture at the very least — when Anton walks in with a woman I recognise as Susan Silver , manager of Soundgarden . |
| 29 | Jackson was so interested in what I was saying that he forgot to deny he knew what I was talking about . |
| 30 | the fact that she 's , she 's intelligent as well erm she , you know , she 's gon na s she knew that I did n't know what I was talking about so she said right you look , yo you look er you , you ask them about this , this , this and this and they might say this to you , so I knew what , if they asked me , I knew what I was talking about rather than |