Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] what was [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When , in answer to his assumption that there was to be an early wedding , I asked what was going round the grapevine now , he told me it was pure speculation on his part , stemming from the fact that you 'd just handed in your resignation . ’ |
| 2 | Fortunately I realized what was happening and went to our Old Town doctor , who had some serious things to say about this method she considered Germanic , and we were sent to St Helen 's Hospital for a minor operation and a re-think . |
| 3 | God knows I tried when I realised what was happening to us , although it was like a starving man walking away from food for me . |
| 4 | And I realised what was happening . |
| 5 | I raised what was happening — the racing and the attacks on police — at a meeting with the chief constable on 2 November 1990 at which the Foreign Secretary , the right hon. Member for Witney ( Mr. Hurd ) , and the present Secretary of State for the Environment , the hon. Member for Henley ( Mr. Heseltine ) , were present . |
| 6 | I felt what was happening was we were going not in the direction of addition , but of total change . |
| 7 | He taunted me , asking me if I knew what was going to happen to me on my wedding night . |
| 8 | I knew what was going through Tom 's mind . |
| 9 | ‘ I knew what was going to happen more than twenty years ago . |
| 10 | I knew what was going on . |
| 11 | I knew what was going on . |
| 12 | I knew what was going on , all right . |
| 13 | Even though I knew what was going through his mind I asked a supplemental , ‘ The software does support Grey Scales does n't it ? ’ . |
| 14 | He could have said , ’ Yes , I knew what was going on at Luigi 's restaurant . ’ |
| 15 | I mean , I knew what was going to happen when I started the exercise , but if you contemplate it from a teacher 's point of view , if I go out and commit suicide or break down you 'll know why , wo n't you . |
| 16 | I think I knew what was going to happen when I followed you upstairs . |
| 17 | I knew what was happening , and my voice expressed the knowledge . |
| 18 | From the hushed tones of the conversations , I knew what was happening . |
| 19 | I knew what was happening , ’ he said after . |
| 20 | I felt the world beginning to drift into the distance again , but I knew what was happening this time and got my head down quickly . |
| 21 | They way he just took my hair in one hand , while we were standing looking up at that God-awful window in the great hall , and turned my head to him , and pulled me close ; tongue down my throat before I knew what was happening , and there was something adolescent and desperate beneath all that working-class directness , but Jesus , I felt wanted … |
| 22 | Then suddenly the bike stopped and before I knew what was happening , I 'd fallen off . |
| 23 | I do n't say I knew what was happening , but , whatever it was , it was real . |
| 24 | She said : ‘ Because I was a midwife I knew what was happening in my body so I was able to rationalise it , but it was still a shock . ’ |
| 25 | She said : ‘ Because I was a midwife I knew what was happening in my body so I was able to rationalise it , but it was still a shock . |
| 26 | and the aargh , just squeezed in and this lad sort of shit himself completely and went zoom right up the road then , well I knew what was gon na happen so I dropped right back and er how he missed him I do n't know , it must of been inches or itches |
| 27 | I knew what was coming . |
| 28 | I knew what was coming . |
| 29 | When we arrived I could n't come into the house because I knew … thought I knew what was coming . |
| 30 | ‘ Out of instinct , I knew what was coming round the corner . |