Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
| 2 | I was practically screaming with frustration . |
| 3 | I was n't looking for trouble . |
| 4 | Thank god I was n't listening to Radio 5 , else I 'd probably not have any fingernails left with worry that they would n't put even one past Swindon . |
| 5 | ‘ But I was n't screaming at Finn , ’ said Lydia . |
| 6 | However ghastly I might feel , however feeble , I was n't drowning in blood . |
| 7 | I was n't sitting at home crying into my pillow . |
| 8 | No , sorry I was n't asking for view on the exercise done by Mr . |
| 9 | I was n't going to court to get the order reduced , just stopped for a while until I get a job . |
| 10 | It would have been stupid to say I was n't going to sleep with him , because I knew I would . |
| 11 | That 's why I was n't going to hand this out right at the beginning , because I wanted to make you work at it a bit more , er , then you can , when you 've got those two versions written underneath . |
| 12 | They even demanded that I take a Wassermann test in order to be sure that I was n't suffering from syphilis . |
| 13 | I was just looking at vehicle operating cost savings . |
| 14 | In English I was I was just listening to music . |
| 15 | Yeah , that was like me , I mean like I 'd , I was n't bad like , cos all the time I was just wearing like polo necks or like shirts with high collars and stuff cos it was n't actually on my neck it was just like on my , this one . |
| 16 | Oh right I I was just thinking of sort of trying to you know cos he 's in his second year now for the |
| 17 | Um I was just thinking about y'know |
| 18 | Oh is that I was just talking to man . |
| 19 | Even now I am ashamed when I think of the night I ‘ let fly ’ to one of our best auxiliary nurses who had come to ask me to help when I was just going off duty . |
| 20 | I was just going to bingo . |
| 21 | ‘ I was just going to bed when the police came . |
| 22 | I was just going to bed , he said . |
| 23 | Yes , this , this actually , thank you Chairman , this actually is very much an example of , of what I was just saying about consultation . |
| 24 | afford , ca n't afford at the minute , I was just saying to dad Bri 's gon na get us some shopping on his cheque book , I tell you , did I tell you about his embarrassing moment ? |
| 25 | I was probably reacting in part because leaving Genesis was a sad note . |
| 26 | They had a point , I was forced to admit , since I was already suffering from frostbite in the toes . |
| 27 | ‘ I was actually thinking about suicide , ’ he confessed to Barbara . |
| 28 | I was grateful to him because I was really shaking with fear , so much so that poor Dawn could hardly sit up straight on my hand . |
| 29 | I 'm all dirty , I was really waiting for daddy to come back up . |
| 30 | I was still weeping with fright when Uncle Bill put me to bed . |