Example sentences of "[vb past] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized I was getting extremely slushy , and tried firmly to pull myself together . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I realized I was lost when the sky suddenly lightened and I came out into a broad clearing . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I realized I was sweating and I was breathing hard . |
| 6 | I also realized I was going to be OK . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When I realized I was walking towards my father 's house I quickly changed my direction . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Eventually Malcolm realised I was telling Tommy and put me wise about how fly fat slags from Catford can be . |
| 12 | Lord knows how long I 'd have been stuck in here before they finally realised I was telling the truth . |
| 13 | I realised I was getting too old . |
| 14 | I realised I was going to be nicked . |
| 15 | ‘ On Thursday morning , when I realised I was going to have to go away urgently on business , I came into the shop to try and find you . |
| 16 | Then two years ago I realised I was going broke . |
| 17 | I realised I was missing half the jokes , so I mugged up from a textbook — and here I am , ready for more ! ’ |
| 18 | I realised I was missing out on things like girls and parties . |
| 19 | I realised I was missing Ilsa . |
| 20 | I know you realised I was following him . |
| 21 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
| 22 | A firm , insistent hand between my shoulder-blades pushed me further into the room ; my feet moved , but my body refused to follow and I realised I was standing at an angle . |
| 23 | One night , after I had cooked her supper , I went upstairs and packed the few things I possessed in a cardboard box and came downstairs and announced I was leaving . |
| 24 | It was in the winter of 1987–88 that I announced I was going to race mostly in Britain in Olympic year . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ You remember I mentioned I was expecting a friend ? |
| 27 | Out drinking with a couple of female journalists ( in what was supposedly Hemingway 's favourite bar in Havana , if you must know ) , I mentioned I was writing this article and we all launched into our favourite New Age stories , like the one about the Immortalists , a group who take to its logical end the New Age philosophy of positive thinking and creating your own reality , and have decided they are going to live forever . |
| 28 | She also mentioned I was going to the dentist next week ( correct ) , I would travel often ( debatable ) and that I would still end up with a lot of money ( probably wrong ) . |
| 29 | I mentioned I was doing a bit of surfing myself . |
| 30 | Then , to my bafflement , I found I was catching up . |