Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met him returning from one of the Penn ponds with the largest pike of the year swinging by his side and a look of sheer elation on his face . |
| 2 | ‘ 84 for 2 , Mr Beesley , ’ I would shout as I passed him snoozing in the sun beneath the gangling wisteria . |
| 3 | Then I got her talking about horses . |
| 4 | And I got you talking about all the porno magazines . |
| 5 | I got it standing on that brick so it would drain . |
| 6 | Somewhere nearby a field of broad beans was in full flower and as the exotic scent drifted across I found myself inhaling with half-closed eyes as though straining to discern the ingredients of the glorious melange . |
| 7 | In the meantime , despite my reservations , I found myself reflecting on headvoice 's idea : I had to admit , it might make a story . |
| 8 | Twice he passed me his pipe to cut the ends of my suture and on one occasion I found myself trying in the dim light to thread the silk through his reaming tool . |
| 9 | The range of everyday articles on the shelves reminded me abruptly of things at home , and I found myself thinking of my last night before leaving London . |
| 10 | ‘ This operation in Latvia , ’ I found myself speaking in a whisper , ‘ what is it doing that these machines will do for the rest of Russia ? ’ |
| 11 | I found myself revising with the small colloquia that lay around the grassy precincts of the university . |
| 12 | It was through this involvement and my direct experience of lesbian oppression that I found myself wanting to be a part of creating a new lesbian feminist identity along with other lesbian sisters . |
| 13 | I found myself living on the base with a dozen nationalities thrown together to know our God more . |
| 14 | I found myself gazing at the harmonium and my memories of the happy times I 'd spent listening to Miss Louise play came flooding back and I wept more . |
| 15 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 16 | ‘ It was a conversion experience , ’ he says , ‘ I had seen his carvings in a vague sort of way already [ Esterly was then a post-graduate student at Cambridge and surrounded by some of Gibbons ' best work ] but I found myself looking at them there in St James 's as if for the first time . |
| 17 | It gave me strange things to think of when I found myself looking at my own boy 's face in a picture painted three hundred years ago ! |
| 18 | I found myself looking at toupees the other day , horrible things , rat skins ! ’ |
| 19 | I found myself humming to the tune of the violin an old man was playing for sous . |
| 20 | Moreover , I discovered the city to be one of many charms ; time and again , I found myself wandering past delightful rows of old timber-fronted houses , or crossing some little stone footbridge over one of the many streams that flow through the city . |
| 21 | I found myself lying to her , although my lies seemed to me to represent the truth as soon as I was out of Aisha 's house . |
| 22 | There was no way I could have refused even if I had wanted to , so a few days later I found myself shaking in the BBC 's hospitality suite , very glad to have Mary and Chris with me for moral support . |
| 23 | I found myself laughing at how easy it all seemed , and axe in hand went hurrying off to join him . |
| 24 | I grew up pretty much as everybody else grows up and one day seven years ago I found myself saying to myself — I ca n't live where I want to — I ca n't go where I want to — I ca n't do what I want to — I ca n't even day what I want to . |
| 25 | ‘ Oliver does n't smoke , ’ I found myself whispering after him . |
| 26 | I found myself specialising in equipment like Alpine , Rockford Fosgate , JBL , Phoenix Gold , gold plated connectors , and even gold plated battery terminals ! |
| 27 | One inconclusive thought led to another , and I found myself wondering about Miss Macdonald 's story of the office cleaner . |
| 28 | I found myself staring at her , my mind devolving from the content of the short and impersonal crematorium service . |
| 29 | Once more , I found myself sympathising with a Punters lady . |
| 30 | I found myself wincing with him . |