Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] i [verb] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she had n't moved and I began thinking about how I was going to get her out to our vehicle . |
| 2 | ‘ My wife noticed when I started practising on the lounge carpet after Sunday lunch that I was also behind my arms . |
| 3 | ‘ Surely even you could n't have seriously thought that I intended abducting Kirsty ? ’ |
| 4 | It 's generally agreed that I need looking after . |
| 5 | Sweets were produced and I remember going around with a bandaged head for a day or so . |
| 6 | Beginning by a fantastic attempt to construct pedigrees where sons were their own fathers , I became gradually so involved that I remember wondering if God the Father were in truth only the child that grew up into Jesus Christ . |
| 7 | When I was due to arrive in Tasmania to stay with a geologist colleague , Penny Green , you can imagine that I was n't too displeased when I was asked if I minded going on the odd fishing trip as the whole family was ’ into ’ it ! |
| 8 | The whole department 's supposed to be involved and I keep forgetting to do it , possibly deliberately . |
| 9 | ‘ It took me five years to realise that she was gone and I started living normally . ’ |
| 10 | I still got a bit of coffee left after I finish eating the doughnut , so I sip it slow to make it last , and look round the caff . |
| 11 | But erm I felt as though , I felt exactly the same , I felt I 'd just been asleep I just had my eyes shut and I felt opening one eye to have a look out and see what people were doing . |
| 12 | But that probably stopped when I started going in did n't it ? |
| 13 | The weather ca n't be controlled and I hate sitting around waiting for it to clear up because I ca n't sit still for too long ! |
| 14 | As I gained confidence in their genuine goodwill I found that my sense of humour returned and I enjoyed making them laugh . |