Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm only going cos I got to . |
| 2 | Unresolved , I clung to the nub of " I " , perhaps sensing that I needed " I " if was ever to hurtle to freedom . |
| 3 | He was just checking that I had n't left for good , was glad that I had n't , and was that real coffee he could smell ? |
| 4 | The letter announcing my visit lay unopened on the mat when she opened the door , and an hour later I came away believing that I admired a woman who could , under these circumstances and in some pain , treat me as if I had just stepped round the corner for a packet of tea ten minutes before , and talk to me about this and that , and nothing at all . |
| 5 | Dawn was just breaking and I began to see a little more civilisation and it looked sort of right . |
| 6 | had something else that I was just doing and I thought Oh I should be at Ian 's for five o'clock . |
| 7 | Me and Scott were just playing and I went |
| 8 | At Brigade H.Q the Brigade Major was just leaving as I arrived and there was no sign of Shimi Lovat . |
| 9 | So , I was just leaving when I saw them , the five inch heel , crossover ankle strap , glacé kid , suedetrimmed ridiculous ! |
| 10 | I 'm only just realizing that I did . ’ |
| 11 | I had never before consciously thought about my kidney — or rather my kidneys — hardly realising that I had any . |
| 12 | The guns along the banks of the Orne were still firing as I arrived back at the jeep . |
| 13 | I was still trembling when I reached the barn and hardly said a word as Mr Bailes led me back across the road to the farm . |
| 14 | Aye it was sti , yes it was still going when I came up here . |
| 15 | The restaurant was still standing but I suspected some unpleasantness had taken place as neither of them said a word until we arrived at the hospital again . |
| 16 | They were still talking when I continued on my way back to my roomette where I sat in comfortable privacy for a while reading the timetable and also reflecting that although I still had no answers to the old questions , I now had a whole crop of new ones , the most urgent being whether or not Filmer had already known the Youngs were friends of Ezra Gideon . |
| 17 | She was still sitting where I left her ; that was a good sign . |
| 18 | Being a fair-minded person and still hoping that I had a chance to get a cultural stew going , I listened carefully to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent , Central ( Mr. Fisher ) , but he did not give me a chance either . |
| 19 | Without really still thinking that I had any chance of success , I went back down to the Circle Line and journeyed on to Liverpool Street . |
| 20 | Steve and the others were still working and I began getting the meal ready . |
| 21 | They helped me over the next road , me nearly tripping as I crossed the far kerb . |
| 22 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 23 | I 'd lie there listening but I did n't want to know . |
| 24 | ‘ By the time the season kicked off against Norwich it was felt I was ready but because of the heat I felt it hard going and I struggled . |
| 25 | I 'm sorry I was late getting but I got held up by another lesson . |
| 26 | I should have been here to meet you , but you were late arriving and I had an appointment in the village . ’ |