Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I left at two o'clock , Tally and I were addressing each other by first names ( ‘ Elliot ’ was strange to him and we settled for ‘ Ellix ’ ) and I was able to address the two waitresses by their first names without feeling uncomfortable . |
| 2 | Cos I was using that issue at that time , but we always make the proviso that if things change , you may have to alter your mind about where your money 's placed . |
| 3 | ‘ I was eating some gnocchi with this Italian — I did n't say nookey . ’ |
| 4 | I was refusing second helpings of food , asking unfailingly for small helpings , and skipping optional meals like tea or Sunday breakfast . |
| 5 | I was drawing these pictures in my head of walking across a tightrope and falling into a chasm . |
| 6 | And I was reaching some conclusions about the choice that Gharr had given me . |
| 7 | I was sprinting full tilt across the playground , with the ‘ bad boy ’ of the year hot on my heels , as it was ‘ boys after girls ’ . |
| 8 | I 'd be concerned as to whether I was wearing more layers of clothing than the other women , and whether anyone had noticed . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | Erm , I would be happy , I mean , I purposely , I put some lines in just because I was thinking that way at the time , but I 'd be very happy if other people would scribble it out , change it , throw it back at me , you know , I would like to see I suppose , just to see if we can erm , if that , because , because I have to say that although you know part of reading 's letter , erm , I feel it 's , it , it feels destructive and it feels very critical . |
| 11 | I did n't know it then but I was receiving subliminal training for later business life . |
| 12 | With my own two children , I felt cheerful and reasonably well during the first pregnancy ; the bonding process with the baby was immediate and passionate , but nine months later I was seeking medical help for exhaustion . |
| 13 | I remember years ago , when I was teaching slow learners in a Child Guidance clinic , a little girl from a small village was reading a story in which reference was made to someone ‘ cheeking the dinner lady . ’ |
| 14 | Well I was reading that article in the Sunday Times with you and the chap who 's the champion said he liked it because it 's like chess and bridge . |
| 15 | It 's quite a good subject though — I mean , I was reading this serial in my Mum 's Woman 's Own , all about this governess and this French Comte who was . |
| 16 | I was reading this article in a Playboy Magazine round at my boyfriend 's place , or was it Penthouse , anyway , I seem to be spending quite a lot o' time round at my boyfriend 's reading magazines and here it says how these several top U.S. psychiatrists had done this survey on how your emotions can sabotage your sexlife even if you are a man and here it blamed the sexually aggressive female of the seventies for the sexual recession of the eighties . |
| 17 | but the thing is I was reading this erm , I was reading another book on this erm |
| 18 | ‘ I was reading some rubbish in The Guardian … it 's almost as bad as The Observer … ‘ he said . |
| 19 | I was confusing those regulations with some others , because I happened to be dealing with the lack of adequate time for the disability working regulations . |
| 20 | what the what the pay is now here is what I was earning three years to four years ago |
| 21 | ‘ I was enjoying that cup of tea , ’ he said mournfully . |
| 22 | Bodo and I had been watching a bodysurfing video starring Mark Cunningham , but when Ace found out I was writing some articles about the North Shore he insisted on an immediate full-scale press conference . |
| 23 | I 've got caught in the post office once or twice on pension day when I was buying more stamps for my fruitless job applications . ’ |
| 24 | Indeed erm I can say this now er that at that time , unknown to the top management of I was buying large quantities of leather from my old firm it into the town , right past the front door of my old offices which were now the hea the local headquarters of our and selling them , literally , within sight of the building that used to be the place where I operated from on their behalf . |
| 25 | ‘ I was waving this wrench in front of her face , ’ 61-year-old Jean says . |
| 26 | The first time I ever got it I what do you want me to do and he said right run across there and I 'd run now punch it , and I 'd be punching the you 'd be jumping and turning round , I could n't get the right one , and finally punch it and the would be coming , said quick hit that and I was getting all sort of |
| 27 | Frankly , dear readers , I was getting bored waiting for the graphs to get to the point of maximum excitement . |
| 28 | cos I mean , that 's what prompted all this cos I was getting some information from my |
| 29 | ‘ I was getting wet chatting on the pavement , anyway . ’ |
| 30 | I sometimes felt that I was taking unfair advantage of the family 's need to talk through their problems with a sympathetic outsider . |