Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Looking back I can now see that some of the happenings through which I lived professionally were destined to be profound and far reaching in their impact and to become milestones of educational change .
2 By nine , the playroom was like something censored out of Gremlins , and I spent most of the morning as a cross between Mummy Bear and Mister Wolf I 'd just been pinned to the floor , it was like an insane asylum in Lilliput , when buti Sikita beckoned me to the phone .
3 I 'd previously been trained in management and I did n't want to be an audio typist .
4 There was the beer keg I 'd been tied to and the length of wire I 'd probably been tied with lay on the floor .
5 I 'd never been surrounded by so many nice things before , not even at the Lewises ' .
6 Laing was at pains to stress that at no time did he feel under pressure : ‘ It was that I 'd never been caught before and I did n't know what to do .
7 The , they really convert bibles for doing that is because I 've always done that of er right that 's , that 's out of the way , jump the paperwork , now what about talking about your clubs and that t to sort of close down the call and relax the client for getting into referral mode and I 've always done it tail end on so the introduction to the referral is at the beginning and perhaps looking for them during i is totally unfamiliar , I mean I do note the odd thing as I go through and note them down on the , the but I 'd never been used to actually although we were told referrals how and why that went with it .
8 ‘ I was annoyed that I 'd never been told about this illness in England ’ , says Leslie .
9 I 'd always been fascinated by the people who live on the skid rows of our cities — the ones we regard as the scum of the earth .
10 The approach I adopt here is based on the following principles :
11 At no time can I remember ever being stopped from pursuing an objective which was of ultimate potential gain to the company .
12 These women ran and organized all the groups and I remember often being approached as if I were a rare species of animal .
13 I remember too being taken to school for the first time .
14 ‘ She died as she lived , with patience and courage , ’ I went on , for I knew more was expected of me .
15 On the other hand , I had also been instructed in what it was to be a woman and how to function successfully in that role .
16 Charlie did not know , at that time that I had also been hit in the chest and that my right lung had been punctured and had collapsed ’ .
17 As it was , they were all staring fixedly at the entrance to the place , so I had already been inspected by them .
18 Simon got very excited when he heard that I had already been driven round the circuit by Brundle .
19 Leonard Cheshire and I were pilot officers together in No 4 Group at the beginning of the war ; he came from the dreaming spires of Oxford and I had just been commissioned as a pilot officer after serving a stint of five years as a sergeant pilot .
20 Questioned about why she had not sought help immediately after the alleged attack , she said : ‘ I had just been raped by a policeman , and I did not trust no police after that . ’
21 I suppose the problem was that I had never been told about it officially — that is , by an adult — and so I had somehow blocked off the information , not connecting it with myself , with my own body .
22 Though I had never been hurt like this before , strangely enough I bore him no resentment for these beatings , accepting them as the penalty for what I had done .
23 I had never been interviewed before but felt really at ease , mainly because I discovered I had been an informal link worker all my life !
24 I had always been taught in Germany to trust my doctor , and obey what he said , ’ she explained .
25 Spoiled by the fact that I had always been treated with respect because I was a veterinary surgeon , a member of an honourable profession .
26 Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler 's superhuman heroism , I had always been attracted to Germany .
27 It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision .
28 In his last memoirs , written in his second exile , he wrote that before 1953 , " I had been no more than a hereditary sovereign , but now I had truly been elected by the people .
29 I reflected that I was not sure if I had ever been filled with the Holy Spirit , let alone spoken the word of God boldly .
30 I 've already been contacted by people as far away from the airport as Holywood and Cultra , as well as many businesses , worried about this possibility , ’ said the City Council Ulster Unionist deputy leader .
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