Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was practically screaming with frustration . |
| 2 | I was just looking at vehicle operating cost savings . |
| 3 | In English I was I was just listening to music . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Oh right I I was just thinking of sort of trying to you know cos he 's in his second year now for the |
| 6 | Um I was just thinking about y'know |
| 7 | Oh is that I was just talking to man . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I was just going to bingo . |
| 10 | ‘ I was just going to bed when the police came . |
| 11 | I was just going to bed , he said . |
| 12 | Yes , this , this actually , thank you Chairman , this actually is very much an example of , of what I was just saying about consultation . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | I was probably reacting in part because leaving Genesis was a sad note . |
| 15 | They had a point , I was forced to admit , since I was already suffering from frostbite in the toes . |
| 16 | ‘ I was actually thinking about suicide , ’ he confessed to Barbara . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I 'm all dirty , I was really waiting for daddy to come back up . |
| 19 | I was still weeping with fright when Uncle Bill put me to bed . |
| 20 | I was still brimming with plangency , chockful of feeling , when I arrived back at the hotel . |
| 21 | I was only popping over chemist to get a bloody |
| 22 | Well I was only going to sleep Jo , I was n't doing anything , I 'm just tired . |
| 23 | I was only asking for confirmation of what I expected . |
| 24 | We broke windows accidentally , we were throwing erm in fact I was only talking about whip and top the other day , and erm er which was a a game we used to play . |
| 25 | I walked slowly back up the shabby road to this now miserable room , thinking all the while of what I ought to do or what I could do if I was ever going to outmanoeuvre these cunning poisoners . |
| 26 | The sweat was dripping from her face on to her breasts which were already glistening with water like orb-shaped fruit in the rain . |
| 27 | One cold evening , Seb returned from the cottage to Handley Farm along lanes , the banks of which were already glistening with frost . |
| 28 | When Gan was complete , the Britannias , which were just coming into service with the RAF , would be able to reach Singapore without overflying India . |
| 29 | When they were in the market she insisted on his buying a pair of white loons , which were just coming into fashion . |
| 30 | The clearest pattern was that for local history and archaeology ( both counted among ‘ Social Studies ’ ) which were rapidly gaining in popularity , with 58 courses between them in 1957–58 compared to only 26 four years earlier . |