Example sentences of "[vb past] i was not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I belatedly realized I was not looking at a reproduction . |
| 2 | Surprisingly , I found I was not acting . |
| 3 | But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients . |
| 4 | I could n't sleep or eat for thinking about it but I decided I was not going to be beaten by AIDS . ’ |
| 5 | Having felt pain , I knew I was not dreaming , and I wondered if I had gone mad , though the fact that I had hallucinated , and had shown myself to have such a naive view of God , would be sufficient proof for some . |
| 6 | I had felt at the instant the idea suggested itself to me the first glimmer of positive thought : suddenly I knew I was not going to sink . |
| 7 | Now , Pip , ’ Joe looked firmly at me , because he knew I was not going to agree with him , ‘ your sister is a fine woman ! ’ |
| 8 | From the tone of her voice , I thought I was not going to be able to avoid being slung in the box and slipped off the Isle of Wight ferry . |
| 9 | I suppose he thought I was not giving of my best , and as I was known as a rather shy , reserved sort , he had decided that a quiet word at an informal moment would be the best approach . |
| 10 | But I received another note from Mellowes ; it said I was not to leave the office ; I was not to answer the phone ; above all I was not to speak to the press . |
| 11 | said I was not to say sixteen not sixty ’ and in so doing will have lost the game . |
| 12 | I said I was not commencing duties until the next day as my girlfriend worked in Richmond and I had arranged to see her , which I had , by phone . |
| 13 | ‘ I said I was not experienced with Englishmen . |
| 14 | ‘ One barged past me and said I was not going to be taking the car away and became abusive . |