Example sentences of "they [vb past] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She and her best friend cried when they heard I was leaving for another job . |
| 2 | They knew I was catching the plane ; they came running in from all over the place with their big zoom lenses and what they want is : the butterfly 's wings are broken , so let's get a picture of her face . |
| 3 | I watched it for a day or two , then they sent me out of that part of the house , because they knew I was watching what went on . |
| 4 | They knew I was going to attempt a display . |
| 5 | Well I think she felt , as they went I was sitting reading all about horoscopes but they did win . |
| 6 | I do n't think they thought I was cut out or suitable for nursing . |
| 7 | At first there was a lack of trust between us : I thought they were not trying hard enough as we went over and over the same issues ; they thought I was trying to take over . |
| 8 | I was put on the road with Lynyrd Skynyrd when they thought I was getting too big for my DMs , but they were real wild men and I liked them a lot and we got on very well . ’ |
| 9 | I had a notepad and I wrote poems on it when he was talking , so they thought I was taking letters . |
| 10 | They thought I was having a fight with him . |
| 11 | One person said : ‘ Many clients thought they 'd get a slightly better deal through having a blind social worker because they thought I was having to pull out all the stops to prove that I was good and therefore they would get a spin-off . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Some of them are so thick they thought I was fighting against England in Spain . |
| 13 | Do n't know whether they thought I was gon na leave home at half past five this morning . |
| 14 | I played a character in Birmingham with a limp and a stutter and they said I was overdoing it . |
| 15 | Cos to me I was n't but they said I was talking posh on the tape . |