Example sentences of "i [vb past] i [be] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then two years ago I realised I was going broke . |
| 2 | I realised I was missing half the jokes , so I mugged up from a textbook — and here I am , ready for more ! ’ |
| 3 | Out drinking with a couple of female journalists ( in what was supposedly Hemingway 's favourite bar in Havana , if you must know ) , I mentioned I was writing this article and we all launched into our favourite New Age stories , like the one about the Immortalists , a group who take to its logical end the New Age philosophy of positive thinking and creating your own reality , and have decided they are going to live forever . |
| 4 | And I lost all my urge to go to church , because I felt I was doing wrong , so I did n't go , and then I did n't have the strong principles anymore . |
| 5 | Dana did not reappear for a few days , and during that time I felt I was going mad . |
| 6 | I felt I was going mad last night , so I wrote and wrote and wrote myself into the other world . |
| 7 | I knew I was taking some rare old stick mentally , though . |
| 8 | I knew I was sounding prissy and ridiculous but I could n't help it . |
| 9 | I was so high on adrenalin that for all I knew I was talking utter rubbish . |
| 10 | I feared I was going mad . |
| 11 | I phoned the Edinburgh office again the nex and I thought I 'm giving this up I 'm gon na write |
| 12 | ‘ If I thought I was causing any pain to the fish I would n't go fishing and I think all anglers feel that way , ’ he says . |
| 13 | it was only ten to eight and I got up because I thought I was getting late for work and I 'd better get moving . |
| 14 | And my mother died not long before Christmas , and I thought I was doing fine . |
| 15 | Even though I thought I was becoming immune to surprises from this species , what happened came as something of a shock . |
| 16 | I 've been putting it out just as he 's walked in , I said I 'm getting good me at this tea . |
| 17 | I said I 'm getting more enjoyment out of . |
| 18 | I said I 'm feeling fine thanks honestly ! |
| 19 | I said and there 's there 's me panicking like I said I said I 'm going grey as it is now I said without worrying about |
| 20 | I had I 'm getting that way tomorrow night ! |
| 21 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |