Example sentences of "[indef pn] i [vb past] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was thinking , in contravention of everything I had been taught , that this casual immorality would be more wholesome than the hidden hatreds of marital strife . |
| 2 | ‘ Everything I tried was blocked , ’ complained Mr Thomson . |
| 3 | Do I have an early memory of misunderstanding , when something I said was misunderstood , perhaps with painful or embarrassing consequences , by a friend , a member of my family or a teacher ? |
| 4 | It was something I had been raised to believe in , so the idea of living with him , even temporarily , had an illicit feel to it . |
| 5 | Which would presumably be the one I 'd been brought out through . |
| 6 | He put a hand in a pocket and brought out a key , the duplicate of the one I had been given , which fitted both front and back doors . |
| 7 | I was very interested in their answers to my questions , which often seemed to offer a different view of history from the one I had been taught at school . |
| 8 | The one I found was run down , anyway , and had been empty for years . ’ |
| 9 | During the 15 months I lived in New Jersey before my injury , just about everybody I knew was connected with the game . |