Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb past] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 2 | At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat . |
| 3 | ‘ I have a machine , ’ I faltered , but from the look in her eye I knew I was defeated . |
| 4 | The first lecture I gave I was going on about the different approaches to psychology . |
| 5 | But in a little while I knew I was to have a child . ’ |
| 6 | I was shaking and sweating so much in the confessional I thought I was going to faint . |
| 7 | Three helico , oh , or helicopters went over three times in the night I thought I was gon na raped and pillaged but no luck ! |
| 8 | The night I arrived I was walking around the streets on my own looking for work . |
| 9 | Last night I dreamt I was eating a rubber NME . |
| 10 | That dogwood I moved I 'm hoping it 's gon na be alright cos it does n't s show much sign of life at the moment . |
| 11 | In a fitful sleep I dreamt I was swimming through drowned villages . |
| 12 | I said no , I 'm not , I 'm not doing it for that reason I said I 'm trying to you know thought to myself we 'll give them something back . |
| 13 | I said and another thing I said I 'm going to tell you straight . |
| 14 | The next thing I knew I was looking straight up the barrel of this gun because the Fairey Fox was no more than 12ft away from the cabin and the pilot was very annoyed . |
| 15 | In my rejection of the image I saw I was making a statement , the apparent text of which read , ‘ I do n't want to look like ( be ) that . ’ |
| 16 | was n't really a technical situation I thought I was told yesterday that the erm letter from the Inspe the Pollution Inspectorate was a matter of opinion . |
| 17 | That summer I thought I was going to be able to work in the shop full-time up until I started at St. Martin 's School of Art in the autumn . |
| 18 | In a funny way I knew I was going to need treatment . |
| 19 | Historical metaphors can never do justice to the complexity of a country 's past , but at this early stage of my trip I felt I was beginning to discern a snake 's energy and inertia in Peru 's past . |
| 20 | ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ said Francis on the eve of the Coca-Cola Cup tie with Rangers . |
| 22 | So every time I thought I was dropping off they 'd start . |
| 23 | At the same time I felt I was owed an explanation . |
| 24 | Dana did not reappear for a few days , and during that time I felt I was going mad . |
| 25 | ‘ I wondered this afternoon if something was wrong , then when she belittled her headache I thought I was over-reacting . ’ |