Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] i [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | On my negative but friendly response they asked if I knew I was trespassing . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | Things were fine for a year or two , until I found I was becoming rather reluctant to weed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | in one of me magazines to blacken your curtains out , cos I thought I 'm gon na do that on Joanne 's |
| 9 | Cos I said I 'm going to read this ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Actually , it just happened because I found I was engaging with people who had similar interests to myself . |
| 15 | Only a week after I said I was gon na sell it . |
| 16 | ‘ My rent is paid up for the next six months , ’ Caro had assured her airily , ‘ before I knew I was leaving . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I prayed to him furiously in the van when I thought I was going to die ( that 's a proof against , I can hear G.P. saying ) . |
| 20 | ‘ I was picturing her face when I said I was seeing you this evening . ’ |
| 21 | But when I said I was doing it in Scotland , people just shivered . |
| 22 | ‘ When I said I was working with Michael Crawford , they said he would be a monster , eat me for breakfast , have me on toast and upstage me totally . |
| 23 | My dad used to take two sugars , and when I said I was giving up sugar in tea and coffee , he reduced it to one . |
| 24 | When I realized I was walking towards my father 's house I quickly changed my direction . |
| 25 | ‘ When I started I was carrying flour sacks on my back , digging fat out of boxes , syrup out of barrels , that sort of thing . |
| 26 | ‘ I was not as surprised as I thought I was going to be ’ , he said eventually , ‘ to hear myself pronounced clinically dead ! ’ |
| 27 | Well , the thing I mainly notice when last week when Paul was home , not last week , the week before last I had Paul solidly at home , he moved himself entirely in lock , stock and barrel at the weekend , he was then with me waiting for his job and he went out every day and did little bit 's of shopping for me , got him from under my feet , saved me money , cos I was only buying what I absolutely needed , and the amount of time that I had , I mean I was able to go out for the whole day with Peggy on Wednesday , I was able to get food prepared and , admittedly I did n't manage to get as much done as I thought I was going to do , but then I think that 's with most people in life , |
| 28 | Even though I thought I was becoming immune to surprises from this species , what happened came as something of a shock . |
| 29 | So in some way I must have passed on my fear to my children , even though I thought I was doing everything in my power to avoid doing so . |