Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [conj] i be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sam found out that I was seeing Paula . |
| 2 | ‘ 'E came in when I was turning down 'is bed , ’ she volunteered , curtsying to Rose in fright , somewhat muddled between his ranking and that of the Prince of Wales . |
| 3 | Dad came in and I was struck by how handsome he seemed with his moustache freshly waxed and his hair brushed flat and parted in the middle . |
| 4 | One day an elderly lady with a hearing aid came in and I was doing her hair , chatting away and making her laugh , and I cut right through the wire ! |
| 5 | My posting came through and I was posted to Swordstone this side of Norwich , so I was still quids in , I could get home once a week , twenty four hour pass and then erm after a while erm , having served at Regiment , I was posted up to , as the Sergeant Artillery Clerk with the Brigade , an ack-ack brigade up at Coventry , just outside Coventry and then of course the A T S were coming in , were coming in in quite large numbers then and they were replacing male personnel and then I was posted abroad and I went to Egypt where I was there again , fortunate enough , I suppose , to go into the echelon , the second echelon which was the Records Office of all the forces or the armoured personnel in the Middle East and I worked there until I was actually demobbed from there but I was out in Egypt there for two , just over two years , came back to Northampton where I was finally demobbed and allowed to come home and as I said I came home one week and I was back at work the next . |
| 6 | I always wore clogs , and if an iron came off while I was cycling to town I could take it to him , go off somewhere like the pictures , and it would be ready and waiting for me straight afterwards . |
| 7 | Well di last night he woke up cos I was choking . |
| 8 | I had an awful dream today , I dreamt my nan , and I woke up and I 'm crying . |
| 9 | I dreamt about my nan and I woke up and I was crying . |
| 10 | I woke up and I was aching . |
| 11 | so they did n't come , and I did n't go out and Gemma came up and I was sitting there talking and they had a drop , drop of wine and I had one with erm and Gemma finished her biscuits up , we 've got to get some more biscuits now Gemma brings her |
| 12 | And then when she came back and I was returned she actually went into a factory then . |
| 13 | ‘ I came back because I was hoping to get some England recognition and thought my chances would improve , especially under a manager whom I loved working with at Sheffield Wednesday , ’ the player admitted . |
| 14 | ‘ I came back because I was hoping to get some England recognition and thought my chances would improve , especially under a manager whom I loved working with at Sheffield Wednesday , ’ the player admitted . |
| 15 | He hung on until I came out and I was given embarkation leave or demob leave rather and I did n't even have a chance to have that , they wanted me down there so quickly , I think I came out of the forces one week and I was working down there the following week because was way past his retiring age . |
| 16 | The pincurl technique came about when I was doing a show in America and I was landed with a model with hair down her back which was in a terrible state . |
| 17 | I scuttered around until I was facing the doors and pulled my legs in just as they opened fully . |
| 18 | And I just turned round cos I was making these trigger things , you know this cavity |
| 19 | And I got up and I was gon na tie her up like but and by gosh I thought I 'd better make for the door again . |
| 20 | No he came , I walked in and I 'm going no ah ah ah ah |
| 21 | and finished in when I was doing a , a late training programme |
| 22 | ‘ No , my health broke down and I was ordered to take a long holiday in the South of France or Italy . ’ |
| 23 | Two or three times I fell down when I was wearing it , that was outside in the market place . |
| 24 | Yes erm how can I say , we were invited Manchester University er to speak at dinner time , four of us went up and I was nominated as the speaker . |
| 25 | So went out and I was feeling really tired but I thought well I just been getting up very early in the mornings so |
| 26 | And I looked out and I was having a lovely little wander round |
| 27 | and they got cacked on and I was going oh no no no , I do n't smoke , do n't smoke , do n't smoke erm I was just down here with my boyfriend you know having a sly snog , you know |
| 28 | but do n't get me wrong after a while I just gave up and I was getting them in bouts and I was getting through the Bonjela and the |
| 29 | But I I wrote in and I was asked to see Mr . |
| 30 | On either side of him were two younger officers who stood up when I was shown in . |