Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well where was I ? , oh , must 've been when I went to the loo Have you had a drink Martin ? |
| 2 | He 's always been surrounded by people who think everything else he does is marvellous , but one of the points of our relationship has been that I 've always criticised his work , and for me those double portraits of the Seventies came perilously close to Photo-Realism . ’ |
| 3 | What matters is that I need never question that there is a course which is objectively the best for me , and that when most aware I am nearest to it . |
| 4 | ‘ What matters is that I have signed a class international player who can score goals , a player who could become a giant at Old Trafford . |
| 5 | What 's happening is that I have a reason for rising , for living , for laughing . |
| 6 | And the only way I 'm gon na know is if I take it . |
| 7 | ‘ What counts is that I enjoy doing my job . |
| 8 | Well mum , what it wants is that I got this tooth |
| 9 | In fact , barn owls are reckoned to be one of the hardest breeds to hand-rear and train , and they are n't recommended for beginners — though I did n't know that then , What I did know was that I 'd probably lost the battle with this owl before I 'd started : I suspected he would be impossible to train , but I was so hooked on the idea of having my own bird that I could hardly drag myself away when I was looking at him . |
| 10 | What I did know was that I discerned in the detail the cynical hand of the practising hack . |
| 11 | What I did know was that I did n't want to grow up , and my diary records that I confessed as much — when pressed to my housemistress . |
| 12 | Er the housing issues mentioned was since I 've according to the petition |
| 13 | The cold of the night was deepening and I was weaker than I 'd been when I set out . |
| 14 | And she seemed flustered when I demanded to know where she 'd been when I 'd been gassed right next to the ship . |
| 15 | Yes , we have , mm , but I suppose I 'd been because I do n't want the bother of , yes . |
| 16 | in another few weeks hard work and you 'll feel very What I 'll do is if I give you a note for a further two months , and we can Is your job safe ? |
| 17 | Think the only thing you can do is as I say be honest and say that , you know , you 're very worried about your fingers |
| 18 | And for yourself , and what we do n't wan na do is like I say , is spend money that is just gon na disappear and say shit ! |
| 19 | But the point you seem to have missed is that I do n't know the lines . ’ |
| 20 | All I hope is that I do n't end up in an office again . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ All that happened is that I over-reacted , ’ he said at last , after a very long pause . |
| 22 | All I can remember is that I did n't much like the food , but I ate obediently and probably out of fear of giving offence . |
| 23 | What happened was that I mean you made curtains er the rusty red was affected by light , so eventually you got a curtain where where the red spots had been there were holes . |
| 24 | ‘ Pretty much what happened was that I 'd been waiting all this time to be successful , to achieve whatever I was going to achieve , now I had and I was sitting in this flippin' hotel thinking : This is not where it 's at . |
| 25 | What happened was that I did the work and received not a word from anybody about it . |
| 26 | ‘ All I know is that I left Freda a jolly-looking woman and when I came back she was altered . |
| 27 | All I know is that I 've felt a mite sadder every time an indie distributor like Making Waves or Red Rhino have hit the dust . |
| 28 | All I know is that I want to give everything I have for England again . ’ |
| 29 | Mother and lots of other people would say we were too young to love truly , they would have us wait for our ‘ years of discretion ’ ; at what age one is supposed to be abnormally discreet I do not know , all I know is that I have not arrived there yet , and I hope I never will . |
| 30 | All I know is that I think it 's a safe distance for me to drive behind that car at any given time . |