Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the one I eventually went to was very good . |
| 2 | ‘ I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty . |
| 3 | She was going through a traumatic divorce at the time and it was obvious she needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be around . |
| 4 | ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away . |
| 5 | The things I said may have been unjustified , and the fact that I just happened to be bloody tired and bad-tempered was no excuse . |
| 6 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 7 | It was about elderly people I just wanted to be properly cared for . |
| 8 | I just wanted to come to you , to make a little space around you , I do n't want to discuss anything , I do n't want to do anything , I wo n't say anything , I just wanted to be there , I mean here . ’ |
| 9 | I desperately wanted to be out there with the sheep , hiding behind boulders and sprinting through the heather . |
| 10 | I was aware that the impending birth of AC2 Herriot 's child did not influence the general war strategy but I still wanted to be as near to Helen as possible at the time . |
| 11 | I had ceased to be good at the convent , and now I also ceased to be either healthy or clever . |
| 12 | I 'm really sorry David and I both had to be away . |
| 13 | I fully expected to be instantly bawled out . |
| 14 | But even for the sake of seeing them again , I never longed to be back … . |