Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd better bring you up to date on what 's been happening since I saw you . ’ |
2 | ‘ By 1988 I was updating the book I had been writing when I met Diana . |
3 | You 're suggesting that I damaged your car deliberately . |
4 | I ca n't see where we 're going because I did n't have my glasses on . |
5 | I said to her when , when he was finished I said it 's good enough cos you 're sure what you you 're doing but I said |
6 | I said , you 're joking and I said they sell the house to you |
7 | No , not now , our schedules are perfect with that they 're planning cos I spoke to the other day |
8 | I 've been wondering if I knew you . ’ |
9 | Sam was cleaning the same damn glass he had been cleaning when I came in . |
10 | That 's what I 'd have been doing if I had been there so you 're not so different from me Peter , so you might have , you might be different in other ways John , but I 've got that weakness as well . |
11 | Has she been recording cos I wanted |
12 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
13 | She 's been crying and I sent her home . |
14 | And Evelyn knows I am coming but I forgot to mention you 'd be with me . ’ |
15 | But then again I think I would I would be lying if I said that , I wish it was me rather than anybody else . |
16 | but I have n't written , erm cos I wanted to check exactly what day you 'd be going before I did . |
17 | ‘ I had to rush around trying to find a farmer with a cart who might be going where I wanted , ’ Katz lamented , his woebegone countenance matching his sorry tale . |
18 | I had to be quick , they told me ; it was quite a long climb to the hut where Eric would be waiting and I had to return to Parma that night . |
19 | Not that I 'm complaining because I realized they had a job to do , but they were all firing their questions at once , and I do like to give a civil , considered reply . |
20 | And then he come in to us then and he says to me I 'm bleeding and I had to get a plaster for him and he |
21 | ‘ But I still believe I can win a World or Olympic title — I would n't still be running if I did n't think that . ’ |
22 | Yes but I 'm saying if I had a member of my family there , I would definitely want to know what was going on . |
23 | Very very good Ian erm excellent voice , remind the prospect as to why you were gon na be asking and I thought you were very good there erm i in fact you were that good that you were actually offered to contact before you even asked |
24 | ‘ I would n't be asking if I did , ’ she retorted . |
25 | ‘ I 'm crying because I promised I would die unmarried ! |
26 | So he s , I said to him is it alright , says am I in danger of coasting if I 've got my foot on the if , if I 'm taking the corner in first and I 'm slipping and I got the clutch , I 'm using the engine but I 've , not much |
27 | I 'd be speculating if I said yes , I ca n't recall |
28 | I do n't , I 'm thinking if I had some scrapers always managed eventually get through like we did . |
29 | I do n't , I 'm thinking if I had some scrapers always managed eventually get through like we did . |
30 | Well I 've been stopping but I thought , I , I |