Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [conj] i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got to the station they read the charge against me , charged me with it and I asked whether I was getting bail . |
| 2 | and I thought well , I , I asked cos I was so sure that was a male |
| 3 | He said : ‘ A contact I made when I was in Croatia got in touch to tell me about the efforts of the villagers of Sumet , which is between Split and Mostar . |
| 4 | At the end of November 1983 , I announced that I was going to head an inquiry into occupational pensions . |
| 5 | He refused to co-operate and was told he was ‘ letting the school down ’ and given an indication that this would affect his school report , ‘ and that 's when I realized that I was only acknowledged for my sporting ability . ’ |
| 6 | Er no cos I realized that I was that it was totally wrong so I just gave it a miss and went on to something else . |
| 7 | I realized that I was having to struggle not to be nice to him . |
| 8 | Once the lessons began I realized that I was not nearly up to the standard of the others . |
| 9 | When I pushed open a door leading to a better-lit corridor , I realized that I was on an upper level of the main administrative building of the spaceport . |
| 10 | I thought about this for a long time and slowly I realized that I was not extraordinary in this . |
| 11 | Yesterday evening , for instance , I realized that I was smiling to myself ( I was thinking about writing this minute ! ) and it set off a substantial debate , conducted entirely in silence . |
| 12 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 13 | When I wrote down the dream , I realised that I was already ‘ bored stiff with my proposed project , and should choose another topic . |
| 14 | ‘ I realised that I was in a good position , I had a little bit of work , which fitted in with my family life . |
| 15 | Then I realised that I was actually contemplating accepting the senator 's offer , and I told myself that the last thing I needed this summer was to babysit two spoilt rich-kid junkies . |
| 16 | For a second I was mesmerised by the chasm before me but as the only way I was going to fall was it I made the effort to jump , I realised that I was actually enjoying the thrill of imagined danger . |
| 17 | I realised that I was driving far too aggressively for my own , and any other road user 's , good . |
| 18 | Even when I was going to school I was doing gigs , and when I finished with school I was doing gigs , and when I finished with school I realised that I was able to get by with just the gigs . |
| 19 | I realised that I was lucky to be able to go to England and teach . |
| 20 | It took me about three months , perhaps longer , three to six months before I realised that I was dependent on it . |
| 21 | The more I researched , the more I realised that I was missing the dog that did n't bark — and that was all the stuff that was being done by women to men , that nobody wanted to talk about . |
| 22 | I looked up and saw a big-ribbed canopy of light pink and white descending over me , and the next moment I felt myself drawn downward , feet first , and I realised that I was being swallowed by a whale . |
| 23 | I realised that I was in danger of being fooled by the maps . |
| 24 | I realised that I was still blaming you for what Cherith did to me . |
| 25 | Do you know how I lived when I was a child ? |
| 26 | I was , however , devoted to the three dogs I owned while I was at The Milebrook . |
| 27 | I was asked to turn out at Coventry and I agreed because I 'm a professional player and that 's my job — but I was n't feeling 100 per cent . |
| 28 | ‘ I failed because I was dyslexic , but also because I did n't want to pass . ’ |
| 29 | I hurried on , slipping on the black ice , cursing and praying , hammering at the doors I passed but I was so cold I could hardly cry out . |
| 30 | I checked while I was on my own . |