Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] i be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got to the station they read the charge against me , charged me with it and I asked whether I was getting bail . |
| 2 | At the end of November 1983 , I announced that I was going to head an inquiry into occupational pensions . |
| 3 | Yesterday evening , for instance , I realized that I was smiling to myself ( I was thinking about writing this minute ! ) and it set off a substantial debate , conducted entirely in silence . |
| 4 | I realized that I was having to struggle not to be nice to him . |
| 5 | I realised that I was driving far too aggressively for my own , and any other road user 's , good . |
| 6 | The more I researched , the more I realised that I was missing the dog that did n't bark — and that was all the stuff that was being done by women to men , that nobody wanted to talk about . |
| 7 | Interestingly enough , after I 'd announced that I was going to do this , my very first clients were all the star names who had asked about the sound I got when I was playing ! |
| 8 | I shouted that I was going to call the police . ’ |
| 9 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 10 | I found that I was trying to achieve two somewhat incompatible objectives . |
| 11 | I found that I was trembling . |
| 12 | I 'd had some sailing instruction before on Lake Bala , in a larger Wayfarer which has room for two people and an instructor , but I found that I was tending to leave the thinking to my partner and the instructor , and just doing what I was told without knowing why . |
| 13 | Without noticing its onset I found that I was crying and I went on crying until I slept . |
| 14 | To my surprise , I found that I was running towards the battle . |
| 15 | Nests I found when I was clearing the garden , put the little eggs in and they 'd all gone cold . |
| 16 | Years later when I saw John Sayers of West New Houses for the last time before he unfortunately died , I mentioned that I was planning to start riding my bike again , and he was most amused . |
| 17 | Normally he would n't touch a job as small as the cottage , but I once did a favour for his father , and when I mentioned that I was having trouble finding someone to do the job he volunteered . ’ |
| 18 | But you see , I just went to the education officer and I say , he , he ran it , he , it , it was , it was his responsibility the Guild 's were and I went to him about a Guild matter and I said oh , erm how I mentioned that I was working and he said well where are you working ? |
| 19 | Do n't you remember I stopped no you wo n't remember but I stopped because I was writing down exactly what we were doing |
| 20 | I told them I told that I was going home for good when the sister hurted herself . |
| 21 | I came because I was asked . |
| 22 | Ah but I believed if I 'm going to discuss or argue about anything as regarding that I had to be interested in it . |
| 23 | Anyway , the first thing I noticed as I was going upstairs was one of Popova 's pictures with a bath-tub hanging over it … |
| 24 | Asked where I lived , I replied that I was staying in my parents ' flat in Knightsbridge . |
| 25 | Stopping to ask a local woman where I might find Dr Mareda , I discovered that I was speaking to his companion , Vera , and that I had stopped outside their front door . |
| 26 | One memory stands out — the sound of a child crying which I heard when I was walking past some flats . |
| 27 | While I was at Fender I decided that I was going to start my own company , and in 1983 went ahead with Metaltronix . |
| 28 | The children responded well , and at last I felt that I was achieving something . |
| 29 | God seemed remote but I appealed for his protection and received a measure of assurance , though I felt that I was followed by an evil presence . |
| 30 | I felt that I was using a part of me that was n't used to functioning and I 've just recently started juggling |