Example sentences of "[vb past] i be [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The ultimate warning over ouija comes from a high-ranking chaos magician who knew I was writing this book . |
| 3 | I phoned the Edinburgh office again the nex and I thought I 'm giving this up I 'm gon na write |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | He said ooh , he said there was some American students here last week and they were all swimming in there and the man came along with this thing and they bo they were all sat on the middle lo middle of there with their feet dangling in the water splashing away , he said I was dragging this down and this six footer came out , I said , and then they were he said , you 've never seen anybody run so fast in your life like they go |
| 6 | Ah , when you were walking about and said I 'm trying this out I thought it was erm I thought our exercise bike had come . |
| 7 | Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer . |
| 8 | How long had I been doing this without a break ? |