Example sentences of "i [vb past] it was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christ , she 's awake , I thought ; then I realized it was coming from behind . |
| 2 | The bell rang again : quick , quick , slow , and I realized it was sounding the syllables of my name . |
| 3 | It was only then I realised it was raining . |
| 4 | It was only when friends accused me of being a pompous , humourless prat that I realised it was meant as a joke . |
| 5 | And then I realised it was meant to be me . |
| 6 | Now I think what te , what happened there was we er , we drifted away from setting down sc , er , er , scripts to finding good useful key words and phrases out of the paper that we could then fit into the script , and as it had gone that way , I realised it was working , and did n't see any point in trying to get it back to the way it was originally going , because it was going fine . |
| 7 | I went into the garden and I found it was pouring with ram- . |
| 8 | She would n't give any explanation , so I assumed it was to collect a present that was too big to hide at home , like a bike or something . |
| 9 | I think that announcement was actually made I told it was going to be and has committed to support D R D A two and that effectively provides an alternative A P I perhaps as O D B C with Microsoft 's backing will become the norm in the P C environment , D R D A will be in the I B M environment . |
| 10 | However , as I replaced the cap , to my utter amazement , I noticed it was labelled ‘ Geranium ’ — I had picked up the wrong bottle . |
| 11 | I imagined it was to occupy her in her loneliness . |
| 12 | I thought that it was made of stone , but to my horror I discovered it was made of cement blocks ! |
| 13 | I discovered it was to become a community centre — but not for eighteen months . |
| 14 | ‘ I heard it was having a difficult time . ’ |
| 15 | I said , I du n no Lil , I I heard it was gon na go up for sale . |
| 16 | Ravi , 69 , of Bangkok , said : ‘ I could n't believe my ears when I heard it was missing . |
| 17 | He just could n't get a decent length to putt to fall , and I felt it was getting to him . |
| 18 | But we held on and around 1990 I felt it was starting to develop . ’ |
| 19 | I knew it was bound to happen sooner or later . ’ |
| 20 | But if it had been irradiated , well , let us put it this way , I would n't buy food if I knew it was irradiated . |
| 21 | I knew it was going to hurt . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ As soon as I stood up I knew it was going to be bad . |
| 23 | Freak ‘ I knew it was going to be a long day . |
| 24 | The laugh she gave was so dirty that I knew it was going to be all right . |
| 25 | I was No 1 in my sophomore year , and I knew it was going to be even tougher to be a top ranking player on the Pro-Tour . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I knew it was going a long way , I was so pumped . |
| 27 | I knew it was going to be the red Sierra . ’ |
| 28 | But I was real familiar with his records and so I knew it was gon na be that way ; in fact it was really kinda fun to have to take a guess at when he was gon na change . |
| 29 | That 's okay never mind , I knew it was gon na be a waste of time |
| 30 | ‘ I knew it was coming . |