Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] was [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just about to say I expect you could really make a mess if you tried and then I realized I was covered in and I 'd better shut up . |
| 2 | I realized I was lost when the sky suddenly lightened and I came out into a broad clearing . |
| 3 | Once I realised no-one was hurt then came the dreaded moment . |
| 4 | It was only when friends accused me of being a pompous , humourless prat that I realised it was meant as a joke . |
| 5 | And then I realised it was meant to be me . |
| 6 | The temporary flat in which I found him was littered with books . |
| 7 | Though never a gourmet , I appreciated also the food at Ika 's home , as I found what was provided at the Cité Universitaire almost inedible , even accustomed as we in Britain were to such unappetising fare as powdered egg and cakes baked with liquid paraffin . |
| 8 | I found I was expected to make progress , entailing fast driving within the speed limits on all roads . |
| 9 | When I arrived at the club , I found I was billed ( in coloured chalk ) as Marti Caine . |
| 10 | I believed I was instructed , and faithfully I obeyed . |
| 11 | However , as I replaced the cap , to my utter amazement , I noticed it was labelled ‘ Geranium ’ — I had picked up the wrong bottle . |
| 12 | I imagined he was destined to continue his exile with his memories in the attic at Reine . |
| 13 | Knowing what I know now , I imagined she was stretched out on the marital bed finishing the job . |
| 14 | I thought that it was made of stone , but to my horror I discovered it was made of cement blocks ! |
| 15 | I heard he was posted here . |
| 16 | I heard he was changed but my dear life , he 's an old man ! ’ |
| 17 | He raged : ‘ I 'm hurt and angry that after five years here I heard I was sacked on my car radio . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I decided I was fed up with having to go out on the road all the time in order to pay a mortgage on a house I never spent any time in ! ’ he told me . |
| 19 | Since she 's gone there 's been a gap … it made my life better , because — she had a garden I could use … and it was like a job — I felt I was led to do that job … and she used to be so pleased to see me , she used to almost embrace me with tears in her eyes . |
| 20 | From that moment , I felt I was accepted , and set to work to learn as much as I could , and make as many friends as possible . |
| 21 | At the same time I felt I was owed an explanation . |
| 22 | I felt I was poised on the edge of something bigger and more unknown than anything I had encountered in life , and the mystery of what was about to happen added to the attraction . |
| 23 | I felt I was wasted . |
| 24 | ‘ There have been times when I felt I was overlooked and that has left me desperately disappointed , ’ said the player who will tonight win his tenth cap . |
| 25 | Yeah , I knew one was killed in a in a plane crash but but who was the |
| 26 | Her face was marble-white , Even then I knew she was determined not to become the plaything of the London mob . |
| 27 | I knew she was registered at Essex , I knew she was basically dishonest , a boozer , a feminist and — from the brief glimpse I 'd caught of her in the Mimosa Club — no featherweight . |
| 28 | Calvin Smith , I knew I was mistaken . |
| 29 | I knew I was hooked . |
| 30 | so , once , I knew I was starfished somewhere |