Example sentences of "[vb past] i be [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized I was getting extremely slushy , and tried firmly to pull myself together . |
| 2 | I wondered what he wanted , so I did it ; and in the interval of the rehearsal he came and said he was suffering from nervous shock because the moment I started he realized I was doing exactly the contrary of all the things he had taught the orchestra . |
| 3 | I realised I was getting too old . |
| 4 | I realised I was missing out on things like girls and parties . |
| 5 | Then , to my bafflement , I found I was catching up . |
| 6 | Things were fine for a year or two , until I found I was becoming rather reluctant to weed . |
| 7 | I actually believed I was thinking clearly as I plotted ways of fleeing the country before having to pay the thousands of pounds I appeared to owe . |
| 8 | Pat rung up and wanted me to fetch the dressing table on Tuesday night I said yeah alright I 'll do Wednes but I forgot I was going out with the girls Wednesday so I went out Tuesday and she would n't let me have it , cos Tuesdays they 're not working in the kitchen |
| 9 | I appreciated I was taking on quite a responsibility — I knew it would n't be like having a budgie in a cage as a pet — but I felt I could cope . |
| 10 | I felt I was learning so much . |
| 11 | After four awful years , I finally felt I was getting somewhere . |
| 12 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 13 | I felt I was looking down into my own grave . |
| 14 | I felt I was looking quite authentic , in the guise of one of the nearly extinct Grislewings of Egertro . |
| 15 | But now I feared I was getting too old for romantic friendships . |
| 16 | Dammit , Leonora , I thought you understood I was bending over backwards not to rush you . ’ |
| 17 | The next thing I knew I was looking straight up the barrel of this gun because the Fairey Fox was no more than 12ft away from the cabin and the pilot was very annoyed . |
| 18 | And I knew I was coming up you know . |
| 19 | No-one knew I was coming here . |
| 20 | I knew I was going somewhere different , that I was in the wrong shell . ’ |
| 21 | I knew I was going on too long , but I kept thinking that Mr Taylor would butt in and stop me if he wanted to . |
| 22 | So I knew I was going away this time . |
| 23 | Once I had permission , the people knew I was working there and often took the responsibility of a guardian . |
| 24 | I thought I 'm going through . |
| 25 | I thought I 'm going down this time . |
| 26 | So every time I thought I was dropping off they 'd start . |
| 27 | The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates . |
| 28 | I was put on the road with Lynyrd Skynyrd when they thought I was getting too big for my DMs , but they were real wild men and I liked them a lot and we got on very well . ’ |
| 29 | Everyone thought I was mucking about . |
| 30 | After landing on Kiwi soil , the Kerryman smiled : ‘ I thought I was seeing double the airport we touched down at was called Kerikeri ! ’ |