Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] i be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I pleaded guilty because I realised I was in breach of my contract and expected to be punished . |
| 2 | From the deadness of sound , I judged I was in the main roof-space . |
| 3 | ‘ I kept thinking today how lucky I was , you see , how blessedly fortunate , with all I have , all that is so comfortable , all that makes me so — so much happier than I was , and then this evening I went to the Rectory and when I returned I was in my room and I looked out at the darkness and I thought of you and how lonely you must be after all the company and society you have known just recently and I thought — I thought — ’ |
| 4 | I felt I was in a time-warp . |
| 5 | On the street again , suddenly I felt I was in the middle of a farce — ‘ POLICE SEARCH FOR THE BIG BANANA IS ON — and the discovery that actually I did have my cheque numbers in my moneybelt and that it was the photocopies that had been stolen made me almost light-headed . |
| 6 | I felt I was in a prisoner-of-war camp . ’ |
| 7 | For a while I felt I was in heaven , eating and drinking in the warm , pretty room , with kind Miss Temple and Helen . |
| 8 | In the gloom I felt I was in some kind of an enclosure and told the rear gunner to get out and find out where we were . |
| 9 | And by the time they came back ( yes , it was Crete : I 'd guessed , but he had n't flickered , the duplicitous bastard ) , I knew I was in love . |
| 10 | I saw he had been drinking , and I knew I was in a very dangerous situation . |
| 11 | I knew I was in great danger . |
| 12 | It mocked me , but at the same time I knew I was in danger of surrendering to it , that damned semblance of what I wanted — I was being weakened by it , seduced into yielding to your power over me , and it 's so much more comprehensive than my one-dimensional influence on you . |
| 13 | But it suddenly took a flier and I knew I was in trouble . |
| 14 | Then , when I knew I was in love with you … and I thought you were n't free … ’ |
| 15 | And I 'm going to begin by telling you everything … the exact moment when I knew I was in love with you … the things I love about you . |
| 16 | ‘ I knew I was in a race against time so I set about altering the gear box myself . |
| 17 | I thought I was in enough trouble so I refused . |
| 18 | We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room . |
| 19 | I think I was er , I thought I was in love a few times , but erm in retrospect it was lust |
| 20 | ‘ I thought I was in Heaven , son ! |
| 21 | I liked Nigel — I thought I was in love with him — but then I realised , when I did n't want what he wanted , he just was n't interested in me any more . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Dave was handsome and romantic ; I thought I was in love … |
| 23 | I thought I was in love . |
| 24 | I swept I was in the butchers you see the fl how wet the floor was |
| 25 | I had n't seen her since you went to America , and then about six months ago I was staying the week-end with the Coleworthys and I thought I had better drop in to see the old girl in case she heard I was in the neighbourhood and took offence " |
| 26 | She said the Queen and somebody else made sure she knew I was in Famagusta . |
| 27 | ‘ You thought I was in here slitting my wrists , did n't you ? ’ |
| 28 | " In such a way that she felt I was in sympathy with her , of course . " |
| 29 | And anyway yesterday morning she said oh she said I 'm in luck today so I said what 's the matter then and she said . |
| 30 | Yeah cos I 've been coming round at , cos you said I 'm in all day , you know sort of any time . |