Example sentences of "[vb past] i was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realised I was missing out on things like girls and parties . |
| 2 | Pat rung up and wanted me to fetch the dressing table on Tuesday night I said yeah alright I 'll do Wednes but I forgot I was going out with the girls Wednesday so I went out Tuesday and she would n't let me have it , cos Tuesdays they 're not working in the kitchen |
| 3 | ‘ I decided I was fed up with having to go out on the road all the time in order to pay a mortgage on a house I never spent any time in ! ’ he told me . |
| 4 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 5 | I felt I was looking down into my own grave . |
| 6 | He thought I was lashing about for excuses . |
| 7 | She thought I was coming up with my eye . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I was going through with it , ’ Nicholas said . |
| 9 | The first lecture I gave I was going on about the different approaches to psychology . |
| 10 | And he said I was to come back in six months ’ time . ’ |
| 11 | I only explained I was listening in at the time . |