Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those days before the National Health Service , one did not run off to the doctor except in real emergencies ; but , at this juncture , my mother , noticing that I showed unusual signs of debility , urged me to seek medical advice . |
| 2 | Before I was in the band if I saw that something was happening that I did n't like I 'd say nothing and go along with it . |
| 3 | From a letter to my mother dated 2 May , which has escaped destruction , it is clear that I had just written to Eliot explaining that I realized the undesirability of publication , unless indeed Rowse himself were prepared to give it his endorsement . |
| 4 | I believe now the driver — I did n't see who it was — was checking that I had left the pub . |
| 5 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 6 | Every now and then Mazzin would run his hands over me , checking that I had n't somehow ripped off the bindings and was n't about to attack him . |
| 7 | He was just checking that I had n't left for good , was glad that I had n't , and was that real coffee he could smell ? |
| 8 | This is an aspect of weaving that I had n't thought about until I read Audrey Palmer 's book ‘ Create with Knitweave ’ . |
| 9 | In November , I wrote to him pointing that the formal period for consultation was ending and I asked when we might hear his response to the Green Paper . |
| 10 | ‘ Tenzing and I shook hands and then Tenzing threw his arms around my shoulders . |
| 11 | And he said , I had all that and that 's why every time you called me something I just kept laughing cos I had it on tape . |
| 12 | The shops were opening and I browsed for a while in one that sold books as well as newspapers and magazines , but I failed to find the American edition of Rodriguez 's book . |
| 13 | She listened without interrupting until I had said all I wanted to say . |
| 14 | And they all started laughing and I wondered what they were laughing at . |
| 15 | They were endlessly busy when they were n't praying and I remembered their surroundings as always faintly shining . |
| 16 | Or are you sulking because I rejected you ? ’ |
| 17 | I 'd better bring you up to date on what 's been happening since I saw you . ’ |
| 18 | I was going to try the door , but I could hear him snoring before I touched the handle , so I turned and went to the bathroom . |
| 19 | For example , the first issue appearing after I poked fun at The Guardian for spelling septic as ‘ sceptic ’ had an article that spelt aseptic as ‘ asceptic ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , I nearly choked laughing when I heard you were doing a breakfast show . |
| 21 | She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him . |
| 22 | ‘ I knew something was happening as I got to the hospital steps . |
| 23 | Holding my breath , I hauled it down , twisting as I pulled . |
| 24 | I could n't help noticing as I walked up the path . |
| 25 | He had as much right to be out walking as I had . ’ |
| 26 | I was fuming when I came home ! |
| 27 | There was much competition during the war as to who could come up with the best bomb story , and my mother had a great time telling this one to all the aunties , especially as it was only due to her nagging that I had n't been in my bed at the time . |
| 28 | You 're suggesting that I damaged your car deliberately . |
| 29 | I was so sure I was drowning that I forgot about the race and screamed out , " Father ! |
| 30 | Obviously , the volume of data by making notes and by taperecording that I acquired made it sensible for me to concentrate on the one school rather than the other . |