Example sentences of "but i [verb] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I knew they were living in the past , knew too that there was no way that Allan Wells was going to beat me . |
| 2 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 3 | I felt the world beginning to drift into the distance again , but I knew what was happening this time and got my head down quickly . |
| 4 | But I knew what was really worrying her at that moment . |
| 5 | I knew — it sounds corny — but I knew we were meant to be , that we were simpático . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape . |
| 7 | But I knew he was having a sleep . |
| 8 | ‘ He went very quiet but I knew he was upset . |
| 9 | He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham . |
| 10 | There was a little silence , but I knew he was pent up . |
| 11 | But I knew he was challenging me . |
| 12 | He fell sideways , but I knew he was n't knocked out , he still kept hold of me , I suddenly felt I had to kill him or he would kill me . |
| 13 | The peer was silent but I knew he was following my progress intently because every now and then I had to brush aches from the surface of the uterus . |
| 14 | The police said he killed himself , but I knew he was afraid to die , so I did n't think that was true . ’ |
| 15 | Actually there 's Paul , the guy who 'd given me a lift to the concert and , and he mentioned going to the , the film I saw , erm but I knew he was going to the pub , he always goes to the pub afterwards . |
| 16 | But I knew you were getting restless . |
| 17 | I was obsessed with the way they looked , but I knew I was n't being told the whole story about them . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It was second nature to look at the linesman but I knew I was on . ’ |
| 19 | But I knew I was stalled personally and that eventually my career would stall . ’ |
| 20 | ’ My friend looked at me and said , ‘ Do n't be so bloody stupid ’ , but I knew I was right . |
| 21 | But I knew I was going to East Kilbride I thought , This is stupid , it 's only gon na make it worse . |
| 22 | I could n't put a name on her treatment of me , no word existed for what she was trying to do , but I knew I was being manipulated under the guise of deference and consideration . |
| 23 | Well do you know , when I met , I , I 'm meeting old chaps through this very excellent marriage agency , I 've never expected any thing like it , they are marvellous , and the sent me a nice old lad , but I knew I was onto a looser when he said , of course I go to my daughter-in-law every Saturday for lunch , she absolutely insists because she says , she wants to make sure that I 'm eating properly , now this is a very healthy old man with a very good income who could afford to buy any food he wants and the fact of the matter is his that he 's son is probably not , he does n't want to upset his old dad , and it 's handy to have him to come on Saturday for lunch and be done with it as it were , but I thought surely Bernard your own sense would tell you that nobody want 's their old father and father-in-law every Saturday of their life , for lunch oh . |
| 24 | But I knew it was the toad . |
| 25 | It did n't feel like much at the time , but I knew it was him . |
| 26 | ‘ We sat on the sofa clinging on to one another until we stopped sobbing but I knew it was not over for her . ’ |
| 27 | Both babies would smile stickily when they saw me over the edge of the cot , which was gratifying in a way , but I knew it was only because they were programmed that way , like public relations men . |
| 28 | But I knew it was useless to try to make up for all his losses . |
| 29 | But I knew it was ultrasonics that made me afraid . |
| 30 | But it was not Maria ; a whiteness , a flowing whiteness , a long coat or a dressing-gown — I had only a second 's sight , but I knew it was a woman and I knew it was not an old woman . |