Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] i [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ I knew something was happening as I got to the hospital steps . |
| 2 | I could n't help noticing as I walked up the path . |
| 3 | I was so sure I was drowning that I forgot about the race and screamed out , " Father ! |
| 4 | I heard a terrible pounding in my ears , my heart thudding like a drum , my stomach lurching as I swung on the end of the rope . |
| 5 | On Hazely Peat Moor Bill waited for me , grinning as I slogged through the heather in the heat . |
| 6 | ‘ I told her , sir , coming as I did from the market where the news was fresh and thinking … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The review of ‘ I 'm Never Gon na Die Again' in Select started off saying that all the guitar playing that I did in The Birthday Party was genius and that since then I 've been very vague and confused . |
| 8 | My hands were shaking as I got into the raft for the second time . |
| 9 | I could hear the shotgun barking as I walked through the dim , dripping woods from the house , staying off the muddy path as much as possible and walking on the flattened , exhausted-looking grass at its side to keep my shoes from clogging up . |
| 10 | " But presently I began to wonder , to notice that everything was changed … they would stop talking when I came into the room , or there were hush-hush whispers … and my mother crying so dreadfully … |
| 11 | No , not now , our schedules are perfect with that they 're planning cos I spoke to the other day |