Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " If my wife found out I 'm playing with our capital , she would divorce me , " admitted one client . |
| 2 | I tried to tidy up a bit when I first came to work here , but I soon found out I was wasting my time . |
| 3 | Bodo and I had been watching a bodysurfing video starring Mark Cunningham , but when Ace found out I was writing some articles about the North Shore he insisted on an immediate full-scale press conference . |
| 4 | But after they found out I was sleeping with my boyfriend , my mum said she was n't going to put me on the Pill because it was the easiest way out . |
| 5 | ‘ They said ‘ we want you to read this statement into that TV camera ’ and that was when I found out I was going to be hanged . ’ |
| 6 | I got in , and as he drove on I was watching his face , fascinated . |
| 7 | Anyway , when I woke up I was pressed into the back of my seat . |
| 8 | After I came out I was going to write to them , but I never bothered . |
| 9 | When we got home I was thrashed for making my mother ‘ look a fool ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ When I arrived here I was going to move him on . |
| 11 | I hoped the dogs would be in the garden but the moment I stepped inside I was surrounded by five of the massive dogs . |
| 12 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |
| 13 | As I walked in I was handed a leaflet bearing the image of an apocalyptic Pipeline wave and above it a line from Psalms 93:4 : ‘ The Lord on high is mightier than the mighty waves of the sea . ’ |
| 14 | bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud |
| 15 | But ha I remember I was on my test and I pulled round er it was very , very busy and there were two rows of cars and I pulled up and I thought right there 's a gap down there and I want to go straight on and all these others were turning le turning right so I squeezed down through the gap and then I thought right I 'm gon na be here a little while shall I put it in neutral , blow no I wo n't . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought perhaps I was overdoing the controversy a bit ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I thought perhaps I was meant to notice what obviously I 'm not meant to notice . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I kept sending the demands back and when I went in I was told not to worry , they had to send them to the last known address . |
| 19 | all I thought like I was passing a bit of gossip , but he paid me for it |
| 20 | When I read your page I felt like I was listening to a Party Political Broadcast of the Labour Party . |
| 21 | ‘ When I looked up I was covered in blood . |
| 22 | She said I ca n't promise you , so I thought well I 'm sat six months now , so I phoned this ship thing yesterday on the telly called Just Start , no Start Again whatever it 's called and they gave me , they phoned me yesterday and they gave me a number of Cine Hill , Northampton which is the job advisory centre , adults education and then they phoned me yesterday and they told me who to get in touch with so I 've got an appointment Thursday at erm Northampton with the Social Services Department and they apparently map out all the places where you could go , say , say for instance that St Crispin 's is the mental home I can go there and be with the patients and then I can go to the Marina 's and be taught how to lift and how to bed bath and how to manipulate |
| 23 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 24 | but for the tree I thought well I 'm gon na make some I 'm gon na make six , like the colouring we did erm the erm wa black , red and white |
| 25 | and she said I oh she said I no more she said , I get tongue-tied so I thought well I 'm gon na have a go at them myself so I had a go at them . |
| 26 | ‘ You thought maybe I was planning on swimming all the way to Africa ? ’ |
| 27 | You knew when I was born what would happen to me ! ’ |
| 28 | I knew when I was beaten . |
| 29 | ‘ When I was an accountant I knew when I was going to be busy well in advance . |
| 30 | I knew where I was going . |