Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] was [verb] [adv prt] " 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 realised I was missing out on things like girls and parties . |
| 3 | And it it was , I mean I was brought up in the country and it , I found it really shocking that people had to live like that , you know . |
| 4 | I did stop smoking for three months and then with everyone else around us , I mean I was putting on weight and then I went back to smoking . |
| 5 | By not eating I was going back to the security of needing my family , not being relied upon but having someone to rely on instead . |
| 6 | Of the two passengers , both women , one had turned and given them a glare , the other pretended nothing was going on . |
| 7 | How did you know I was coming back ? |
| 8 | I er I phoned him up to let him know I was going in and he 's not too far away you see so asked him if he 'd like to pop in so he did about half eleven . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know I was going out to dinner , ’ said Daisy defensively . |
| 10 | yeah I should of done really , so I but I did n't know I was going back . |
| 11 | Then , to my bafflement , I found I was catching up . |
| 12 | There would be nobody to meet her in London because she had not bothered to let Glyn know she was coming back . |
| 13 | Theda pushed through the trees and found she was coming out into the road that ran through Switham Thicket . |
| 14 | She found she was talking in as low a voice as Finn , feeling there was something which she did not wish to disturb . |
| 15 | They say she was forced out of the National Health service because of no long term care beds . |
| 16 | I 've been talking to some of them about it , it 's meant to be , cos I did n't know it was going on , and I saw them in the paper , says oh ! |
| 17 | Erm the North Yorkshire County Council have made great play and we did n't know it was coming in until we got that information , upon the public consultation document . |
| 18 | Like yeah , because like about what he did you know he was staying up with and all this and like giving him money and looking after Andrew so he goes for my parents Jimmy 's really nice . |
| 19 | And he was moving in my direction , although I did n't know he was coming in for a photograph . |
| 20 | I do n't know , I did n't even know he was coming down . |
| 21 | If it was friendly , how come it was scurrying around stealing magazines and not coming out into the open and asking who was in charge round here . |
| 22 | As I say it was tapped on to a row . |
| 23 | Soon she was completely absorbed , and when she finally straightened and looked at her watch she was staggered to find it was getting on for six o'clock . |
| 24 | Here Mr Malik stepped back with a flourish , and Robert found he was walking out in front of the whole school , his heart thumping , his mind a complete blank . |
| 25 | But he found it was taking up more and more time : ‘ It had to be double or quits , ’ he said . |
| 26 | That 's why she was the first to know he was moving out . |
| 27 | Did n't to indicate he was coming out . |
| 28 | I poured 70 per cent of it into a glass representing the wages paid to those of us who work in the business , 20 per cent into a glass representing what was ploughed back by way of reinvestment in plant and machinery , 5 per cent into a glass representing dividends and 5 per cent into a glass representing tax . |
| 29 | Late one night , the concierge knocked on the door of Beatrice 's apartment , alarmed at the commotion , and demanded to know what was going on . |
| 30 | He 'd been hearing things , Denis had said , and he wanted to know what was going on at Rafferty 's . |