Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had the strong feeling of help having been given so I clasped my hands and said a prayer , half mentally , half vocally , of thanks to God . |
| 2 | PS : Things are not too good at home — your Mother is well , but the house has been repossessed after I lost my job . |
| 3 | Unless I mean this hedgehog could have been done if I left it could n't it ? |
| 4 | I am praised because I held it by the tail . ’ |
| 5 | The cous cousins Margaret and Joan have been found and I told you we found Tony while we were still on with Malcolm who was looking for him . |
| 6 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 7 | He said it was clear to him you were pining away , and that you could only be saved if I took you away and made love to you for the rest of our lives . ’ |
| 8 | Well I 'm blowed if I saw it on , on that receipt . |
| 9 | I was going to be moved whether I liked it or not . |
| 10 | I 'd be anchored where I reckoned she 'd get a little shelter from the bay in which she lay , but with a gentle south-westerly and no sign of any break in the weather , I was n't worried about her , and took the easiest line ashore . |
| 11 | I had nothing further to do with Sally but she did n't seem to be bothered when I passed her in the street without speaking . |
| 12 | I was n't completely heart-free during those years ; sometimes I allowed myself to be fooled that I loved someone , but when it came to the point of saying " yes " to anything final there was always the small honest inner voice which jeered " For life ? |
| 13 | My ship might just be able to outrun theirs , but it could n't outrun the fusitron blasts that would be fired if I tried it . |
| 14 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 15 | He once said he thought inheritance should be banned and I asked him if that meant I should leave all our money to his brother ! ’ said his father . |
| 16 | The ideas which I had conceived of that noble university were realised when I saw it … |
| 17 | The kids were mortified but I thought it was a real hoot . ’ |
| 18 | With the onset in the later stages of unmistakable labour pains in my lower abdomen all doubts were resolved and I knew I had to do something about it . |
| 19 | She was being strangled and I pulled him off . |
| 20 | ‘ John Flanagan decided changes were needed and I lost my place . |
| 21 | I realized that the seats were numbered and I collected my bags and went in search of my proper seat . |
| 22 | That bit I put in about knowing if we were being followed when I drove you to the station will stop them trying to do just that , will keep them away from here . |
| 23 | ‘ It was only when a few of the details were released that I realised it was me . |
| 24 | I had been lost because I loved him . |
| 25 | ‘ Your tea is ruined so I threw it in the bin . |
| 26 | But that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Nev will be coming at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm it 's just you know it 's just happened . |
| 27 | Yes , and she phoned me and she said I feel as though I dropped out of the bottom of the world she said , you know , I just do n't see anybody , I said well of course you were working on Mondays , you see she used to have Mondays to herself and I would often go round on a Monday afternoon and , we , we could talk , but that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Ned will be coming home at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm its you know , its just happened and I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away then Fen Lane . |
| 28 | At least be flattered that I chose you to tell the truth to . ’ |
| 29 | My flower — the one that I remember best out of many — was gathered where I said it had been . |
| 30 | I already had permission to search all the surrounding fields , so I waited until the field was harvested before I gave it a thorough going over with my detector . |