Example sentences of "[coord] i [vb past] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I 'd been thinking of you only yesterday . |
| 2 | I left before the tour was over because it was time for Mott The Hoople to come and tour and I 'd been designated as the person to take care of them , so I went off before it was over . |
| 3 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
| 4 | Again I thought , well , the world 's there whenever I want it and I had been presented with an incredible opportunity . ’ |
| 5 | Forbidden to speak any language but French , Marius and I had been punished by the Corporals for speaking English while dismantling the tents at Canjuers . |
| 6 | And I had been loading for the Major the last time that I was out shooting , the last time for me like . |
| 7 | My mother-in-law helped to run one of the early family planning clinics , and I had been despatched to an appointment with the other doctor ! ) |
| 8 | It had been impossible to think of the future since John 's abduction , but 17 April was only weeks away and I had been discussing with Chris and Nick how we might mark it in some way . |
| 9 | It was a cold day and I had been standing in that particular spot for half an hour , so I was glad to get into the car , which was driven by a smart-looking man in a tweed cap . |
| 10 | It was a standing pose and I had been working at my canvas for a week , my problems were not nearly solved , and the painting still excited me . |
| 11 | Duncan and I had been talking for about ten minutes or more and swatting the increasing number of mosquitoes that always arrived in force at this time of the evening . |
| 12 | Alec and I had been climbing on his right-hand side . |
| 13 | Cameraman Martyn Colbeck , our Russian and Tadjik helpers and I had been filming in the mountains and soda lakes of the eastern Pamirs , a few miles from the Chinese border . |
| 14 | I loved maths when I was at school , but I had been taught in a very formal way . |
| 15 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 16 | I did n't know what to say , but I 'd been reading about mating in a book only a few days before , so I kept a perfectly straight face and replied . |
| 17 | I knew that from when I 'd gone to watch them play in the past , but I 'd been cured of insomnia for some time now . |