Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She forced me back into the hall , where I was bound to run into Father . |
| 2 | I was tempted to curtsey in return but I was n't sure if my knees were up to it . |
| 3 | I was tempted to look for Mum 's name so I checked that she was really asleep , although I did n't care if she woke up or not . |
| 4 | Expecting there would be lots of talk about economics , I was wanting to talk about morality , which are nearer to the gospel . |
| 5 | ‘ I was trained to see behind enemy lines , ’ Mr Aggarwal told me , ‘ and I am knowing how to observe properly . ’ |
| 6 | With my guitar , I was trying to sound like Lightning Hopkins and John Lee Hooker and people like this , and we just thought … ‘ this sounds OK ’ , and it did n't sound too bad at the time . |
| 7 | I had conjunctivitis and I was trying to get off work because my eyes were really bad . |
| 8 | I was trying to think of rubbish that I 'd taken out . |
| 9 | I was beginning to feel at home in the desert . |
| 10 | By midway I was beginning to feel at home on the excellent , steep rock , placing my feet in a more balanced way and making smoother , les clumsy moves . |
| 11 | ( I was determined to combat in advance any risk of being taken over by G(R) , the Middle East equivalent of S.O.E. , which was already showing signs of being the monstrous and inefficient octopus it later became ; or coming under the control of the Director of Combined Operations . ) |
| 12 | Knowing that I would be returning to work when ( my second baby ) was three months old , I acquired a battery-operated breast pump , as this time I was determined to express at lunch time to keep my supply going . |
| 13 | A few months after his death , I was asked to act as editor of this bicentenary history of the Royal Veterinary College , and I am proud to have been one of the team that has produced a book which I hope does justice to the author and to the College . |
| 14 | When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch . |
| 15 | Once he 'd found out that I was applying to go to art school he opened up quite a bit and we began to talk . |
| 16 | My inclination to reject law as a possible course was incomprehensible to many , and while I was waiting to go to university I was constantly challenged about this . |
| 17 | Once I was told to cut to ground level everything in the border , which I did . |
| 18 | It was a pretty good feeling , even not knowing what I was going to do in life now . |
| 19 | I ran all the way home from school thinking I was going to bleed to death . |
| 20 | In other words , if I was going to go on location and disappear from home for six months at a time , forget it . |
| 21 | The money I was going to save on rent over the next month could be put towards a deposit on something — always assuming the Department of Employment did eventually pay me my due — and then I would be able to start again . |
| 22 | From things he said in his sleep , I know he thought I was going to fall in love with somebody else . |
| 23 | And she was determined that I was going to fall in love with the girl . |
| 24 | The hon. Member for Denton and Reddish ( Mr. Bennett ) made several interventions — I was going to say on behalf of , but that sounds rude ; in which he put the view of — the Ramblers Association . |
| 25 | I was terrified ; I thought I was going to choke to death . |
| 26 | You anticipated a point I was going to make in fact . |
| 27 | All the time I was attempting to identify by ear bird noises in the spinney : a jay screeched raucously ; ‘ My toe hurts Betty , ’ crooned a wood pigeon ; a tiny wren ticked its loud emphatic alarm notes ; and over and over a willow warbler trilled . |
| 28 | The only place I was allowed to go to school I think . |
| 29 | On the third Sunday I was allowed to go to Church , the Parish Church of Fulmer . |
| 30 | This certificate produced the desired effect and I was allowed to stay at home on parade days . |