Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] be [indef pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ At first I thought it was a pigeon , but as the feathers went past the window I realised it was something else . ’ |
| 2 | When I realised there was nothing else to do in the world but write my own songs and play , that 's when I brought them out and did them . |
| 3 | When I saw you struggling there on the floor with that evil man , I realised there was nothing I would n't do for you , or you for me . |
| 4 | ‘ When I went out to look at replacements , I found there were plenty of quality players available looking for work . |
| 5 | Reaching for a glass of water I found there was none . |
| 6 | I pretended I was someone else because when I 'm vibing with someone about other people 's records , I can pull it off . |
| 7 | I assumed it was something to do with domestic machinery . ’ |
| 8 | I assumed it was someone in the police or customs . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But with the other Finn I interviewed there was something sinister . ’ |
| 10 | Also I noticed there was something by Martin . |
| 11 | Throughout the pregnancy , I sensed there was nothing wrong with the baby ; that it was very strong , healthy and right . ’ |
| 12 | I decided it was something I 'd eaten and went back to sleep . ’ |
| 13 | After the war opinion was more fluid and open on political grounds the tariff issue had been dead for years and I felt it was one which would pull the party together , including the Lloyd George malcontents . |
| 14 | ‘ I accepted the heroin because I felt there was nothing else to do — I loved him , ’ she says . |
| 15 | I felt there was something there I could grab hold of , whereas a lot of scripts that were offered to me before were pretty crummy . |
| 16 | Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty-four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning-point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it . |
| 17 | Yet I felt there was something in his game to work on . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I knew it was summat of the sort . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Anyway , I knew it was nothing when he came in . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ From the moment you arrived , ’ Maddox said , ‘ I knew it was something like that . ’ |
| 21 | Jesus , I knew it was something like that . |
| 22 | From then on , I knew it was something I wanted to do . |
| 23 | I knew it was something like that . |
| 24 | things so erm , I knew it was something , anyway so she said all this , I said right well I said I 'll tell you now I said you know I 'm biased because |
| 25 | I do n't know I just pressed the down yeah there was a space and I pressed the down and then I pressed backspace twice and it went back again ah I knew it was something to do with backspace . |
| 26 | I knew it was something along those lines . |
| 27 | When I was a kid ( Moran was born in 1965 ) I knew the name , I knew it was someone scary , but I did n't really know anything about the story or how exactly wild things really were . ’ |
| 28 | I knew there was summat bloody coming here . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , now , I knew there was something , of course I did . ’ |
| 30 | I had n't let myself stop and think about it , but I knew there was something very wrong with me , and although I was n't depressed exactly , I was going through hell . |