Example sentences of "[vb pp] and i be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malpass 's eyes had misted and I was talking just to remind him I was there . |
| 2 | I ca n't say I felt any stronger when Beth left that day , but I was exceedingly glad that she had come and I was left with an inkling of hope . |
| 3 | But then the work collapsed and I was faced with how empty my days were . |
| 4 | 1967 was the year that the Isle of Man Railway reopened and I was feeling very emotional about the whole affair , with good reason , as the idea of the Isle of Man without a railway was quite unthinkable . |
| 5 | Why ca n't you just say : " There 's a bloke I 've met and I 'm bringing him home for tea on Tuesday . " |
| 6 | They did n't attack me : my arms were pinioned and I was turned round , my face pressed into the dank wall of the alleyway . |
| 7 | Soon she took my visits for granted and I was given the spare key to let myself in the door . |
| 8 | It was as if an addictive drug had been withdrawn and I was faced with the reality of life and had forgotten what to do with it . |
| 9 | Nevertheless some valued individual work is undertaken and I was told it was often most effective when carried out jointly with a Probation Officer , each undertaking specific but complementary work . |
| 10 | ‘ The man had died and I was getting on with my life . ’ |
| 11 | I did n't think it had ignited and I was walking away from it when all of a sudden I heard all this crackling and banging . |
| 12 | At the conclusion of which we were both of the view that an armed police operation was necessary and he therefore authorised armed police officers to be used and I was to command the incident . |
| 13 | The wood opposite was smoking with dusk again and I was looking forward to seeing the orderly , when my door was opened and I was told that I would be moved across to the main camp at once . |
| 14 | Every little bit helped and I was encouraged . |
| 15 | When my elder son was born and I was having difficulty in breast-feeding him , my mother sympathised with me and told me that , just after I was born , she had had an abscess on one of her breasts and found feeding me something of an ordeal . |
| 16 | He took drugs , he said , ‘ because my parents had divorced and I was crying out for love . |
| 17 | I , I maybe fall asleep for maybe an hour or two and then I 'm woken and I 'm coughing all the time . |
| 18 | Even though my children 's reading has long since moved on to Roald Dahl , C S Lewis and Judy Blume , the story ‘ template ’ is there , the dubious role models of their best-loved tales are firmly entrenched and I 'm beginning to wonder if they are there for life . |
| 19 | All the prize guys who were brilliant at football had disappeared and I was left with the swots . ’ |
| 20 | in nineteen eighty six I think it was the company divisionalized and I was promoted to sales and marketing director of the erm , I think it was the developments division , which was , was the retirement housing division |
| 21 | The noose was tightened and I was pushed up a ladder . |
| 22 | But the glimpse of memory had gone and I was furnishing the room from later experience . |
| 23 | All the other girls had gone and I was left by myself — no books , magazines or anything — wondering what was going to happen to me . |
| 24 | Everyone else had gone and I was practising on the putting green . |
| 25 | But Newbon goes on to explain : ‘ He 's now gone and I 'm talking to the present managing director . |
| 26 | Now it rains underneath and oh er the switch is gone and I 'm waiting cos they 're a shop , I think they 've never been down , while they 're waiting for the rep to come . |
| 27 | Although I was shackled to a radiator , my blindfold was removed and I was given a cup of water and a sweetmeat . |
| 28 | The previous year , when my lifestyle was reversed and I was living with my Mom mid-week , I 'd bring my pal Sally to stay for the week-end at Pop 's . |
| 29 | About two years ago the playgroup leader left and I was asked to take charge . |
| 30 | I only have a pound left and I was paid on Friday and that is because I bought food and very basic toiletries . |