Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] i [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After he and Frank Williams had confirmed the sport 's worst kept secret , the 30-year-old Londoner said : ‘ Both my sisters are going to be at home this Christmas and I 've got a job — so I guess I 'm buying the drinks . |
| 2 | ‘ If I thought I was causing any pain to the fish I would n't go fishing and I think all anglers feel that way , ’ he says . |
| 3 | I used to have to go to the toilet if I thought I was going to fight anyone , or just go to bed and close my eyes and think , ‘ Not long , not long , not long to go ’ , to keep myself down there . |
| 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 | On my negative but friendly response they asked if I knew I was trespassing . |
| 6 | I mean , you know , if I said I was going to an orgy he 'd say , ‘ Oh , all right , as long as I know where you are ’ . |
| 7 | Whether er , if I sin I 'm wronging , and I 've wronged you . |
| 8 | If I fall I 'm dragging you down with me |
| 9 | If I think I am going mad , and let a psychiatrist make my decisions for me , the goals I borrow become means to keep out of trouble and recover my health . |
| 10 | Things were fine for a year or two , until I found I was becoming rather reluctant to weed . |
| 11 | But anyway , she went to so she had she she was n't she 'd been very pro American until I decided I was gon na emigrate . |
| 12 | Like I say I 'm getting some erm |
| 13 | It does put you off and you start thinking , Oh there 's no point trying it cos I know I 'm going to be last . |
| 14 | in one of me magazines to blacken your curtains out , cos I thought I 'm gon na do that on Joanne 's |
| 15 | Cos I said I 'm going to read this ! |
| 16 | I 'm going to I 'm going to accelerate now cos I see I 'm going on too long . |
| 17 | I say about and that is the reason I got the book : because I discovered I was forgetting when things happened , and sometimes even whether things happened or not . |
| 18 | And then it was only because I knew I was going to have to leave at the crack of dawn on Friday , and I would n't have time to fix anything up . ’ |
| 19 | it was only ten to eight and I got up because I thought I was getting late for work and I 'd better get moving . |
| 20 | And I lost all my urge to go to church , because I felt I was doing wrong , so I did n't go , and then I did n't have the strong principles anymore . |
| 21 | But now I 've made two trips there and I 'm anxious to go back because I feel I 'm getting tapped in a little better , I 'm getting emotionally connected . |
| 22 | Actually , it just happened because I found I was engaging with people who had similar interests to myself . |
| 23 | I want to cry very much now because I think I 'm admitting to myself that , no matter what happens , lift is never going to be the same again . |
| 24 | Indeed , I am sure I would because I believe I 'm falling in love with you . |
| 25 | And now we 've come to stage whereas I mean I were cleaning carpet every minute of day . |
| 26 | Only a week after I said I was gon na sell it . |
| 27 | ‘ My rent is paid up for the next six months , ’ Caro had assured her airily , ‘ before I knew I was leaving . |
| 28 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |
| 29 | A slightly cumbersome but straightforward method is to begin , ‘ When I knew I was going to have to mention sailing , because that is Peter 's great interest , I thought I would look up what great writers and poets of the past have said about sailing . |
| 30 | That is why when I die I am going to have all my 13 teddy bears burnt with me . |