Example sentences of "and i [vb past] [pron] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Potential new readers of Spare Rib would not think of looking under that section for a women 's magazine , and I assumed it was a mistake on the part of overworked staff . |
| 2 | I was appalled by that , and I realised there was a real need to support new members of staff by giving them some basic information . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I got out of breath drying myself after a bath and I realised I was a bit overweight , ’ said Mervin , who now tips the scales at just over eight stones ! |
| 4 | She tried hard to remember , and I realised she was a touch drunk . |
| 5 | We played magnificently and I thought we were the better side . ’ |
| 6 | We are we we 've got an amp meter and a volt meter and I thought they were the same thing you see . |
| 7 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 8 | Then I tried swimming , but what with the current and the fucking cassock — and then bang I got hit in the ribs like someone had kicked me and I thought I was a goner , it must be a rock I thought and I gave up and sort of passed out . |
| 9 | But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest . |
| 10 | Miki had her reservations : ‘ I 've met Kat Bjelland a few times , she was first with the dresses and socks , and I thought it was a good image . |
| 11 | ‘ I saw a light , and I thought it was a ghost , ’ I cried , holding tightly on to Bessie 's hand . |
| 12 | Every season Glentoran and Linfield won everything , and I thought it was a fantastic result when we only lost narrowly at Windsor or the Oval . |
| 13 | Well I went to Venice er some years ago and I thought it was a dirty hole . |
| 14 | I could n't even raise my leg behind me and I thought it was a sign to give up . |
| 15 | Because I was a really shy teenager , and I thought it was a great place to hide ; where you could talk about things and express these feelings that you had , but you could hide a wee bit too . |
| 16 | I remember seeing a cable and I thought it was a telephone cable so I was n't worried . |
| 17 | I mean they were bright green , and I thought it was a different bike , I did n't even noticed the second time if it was a ladies or a man 's bike . |
| 18 | Once you get out of car and I thought it was a dog that she had , bu did n't have , she did n't have a dachshund he had a little |
| 19 | she told them that , that 's mine , she told them that I did n't think much of this and I thought it was a rip off |
| 20 | It always used to go out of tune and I thought it was the tuners , but in fact the trouble was with that old Gibson vibrola — a terrible thing , really cheap . |
| 21 | When I was at the GLC , Ken Livingstone was in charge and I thought it was the beginning of Utopia , so many wonderful things were happening at last . |
| 22 | There would have been no reprieve had I deposited my CFI over the side and I suppose that could have happened , I was to learn many years later , however , most of the formation complained that I steered a very erratic course , and I thought it was the CFI touching the control column in his cockpit , and with his feet ( suggesting that I move to the right or the left ) . |
| 23 | that 's what I 'd guessed , erm , so I said no , I said they 're fine , so she said oh I 'm ever so sorry I said do n't be I said these sort of things get around , I mean it 's , she kept go and then I went on to describe how I virtually done not too a dissimilar thing going up the road trying to talk to people about writing in to object , you know with this planning application and erm , I said I sort of knock on someone 's door up there and I thought it was the next door that the husband had died and it was that one |
| 24 | The only one I would mention Chairman is not strictly accurate , we all did , lots of us anyway , the , the British Legion service on Sunday at the church and I just wondered if we could agree to send a letter to the president cos once again a lot of effort and time and organization went into it and I thought it was an excellent occasion and I think he might appreciate |
| 25 | And I thought he was a nightmare or that I was going out of my mind . |
| 26 | ‘ And I thought he was the one who killed her , too , ’ said William , ‘ when they finally told me . ’ |
| 27 | Then the Reverend called , with his news about the weather turning stormy , and I thought he was the last person we needed to hear from . |
| 28 | And I thought you were a dead smart poet — once . |
| 29 | and I thought there was no good putting up with it just by not saying |
| 30 | Oh and I thought there were a couple of speakers |