Example sentences of "realized i [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instinctively I turned away , and then I realized I was walking in the opposite direction , then running , almost tripping over my own two flat feet . |
| 2 | I wondered what he wanted , so I did it ; and in the interval of the rehearsal he came and said he was suffering from nervous shock because the moment I started he realized I was doing exactly the contrary of all the things he had taught the orchestra . |
| 3 | But as soon as they got out I realized I was wrong . |
| 4 | I realized I was lost when the sky suddenly lightened and I came out into a broad clearing . |
| 5 | Some soldier saw me , realized I was n't a real major and I suppose he thought I was impersonating an officer or whatever . |
| 6 | I realized I was hungry — very — and accepted gladly . |
| 7 | The man who measured me — he had red hair , I remember — lingered over my inside leg and when he realized I was n't going to object , gave me a comprehensive fondling . |
| 8 | When I calmed down I realized I was defending an organization I refused to be in , though I had nothing good to say for the one I 'd left it for . |
| 9 | He looked at me hard , realized I was being honest , and did as I asked . |
| 10 | I had been happily chatting away for some time to my ‘ invisible ’ recorder before I realized I was not alone . |
| 11 | I realized I was sweating and I was breathing hard . |
| 12 | I realized I was getting extremely slushy , and tried firmly to pull myself together . |
| 13 | When I realized I was walking towards my father 's house I quickly changed my direction . |
| 14 | I belatedly realized I was not looking at a reproduction . |
| 15 | But I realized I was most surprised . |
| 16 | I realized I was hungry and it did n't matter . |
| 17 | Not a one of them realized I was not human . |
| 18 | When she realized I was a good thief and knew how to use a knife , she got to like me . |
| 19 | But I realized I was different from the Brazilians , and that was when I started to rediscover my own identity . ’ |
| 20 | It was ten seconds or so before I realized I was supposed to be looking at the inside of the wooden door . |
| 21 | I also realized I was going to be OK . |
| 22 | Then I realized I was kneeling on a tarpaulin which someone had carefully placed over what could have been a small metal gate — or — the detached ‘ fun bumper ’ cow-catcher device from a small four-wheel-drive vehicle , say , a Shogun . |
| 23 | I was just about to say I expect you could really make a mess if you tried and then I realized I was covered in and I 'd better shut up . |