Example sentences of "[pron] was [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I like him , I was watching him on the telly the other day , I think he seemed nice .
2 I was watching it at the movies , I was watching the whole thing at the cinema .
3 I was watching you through the net curtains — how 's that for snooping ?
4 Well , I was watching you through the window .
5 I was watching you with the stopwatch . ’
6 I was accompanying him in the show anyway and I think we just had the nerve . ’
7 And I remember at the time , I was chasing you over a most ridiculous national press story that Emlyn did n't like the idea of you a pop singer appearing in one of his classics .
8 I was cleaning , cleaning it up and of course I was tapping it with a hammer was n't I to try and get all the putty you know , try and break the putty and most of it came away and I just tapped this one little
9 The vociferation grew louder and louder all the time while I was serving myself at the counter .
10 Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey .
11 Or maybe , the other ends got hot while I was a-tapping them on the anvil . ’
12 About once a week or fortnight I had to attend some quite high-powered meetings in London to which James came too , as I was feeding him at the time .
13 While I was thinking it over the ‘ phone rang .
14 I was helping him across a busy six-lane road in north London .
15 Poor love , ’ she smiled faintly , ‘ he was half asleep , and at first when he heard what I had to say he thought I was leaving him in the lurch after all .
16 ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best .
17 ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best .
18 It would be very strange if I stood here saying do n't use a linear script use thought patterns and yet I was reading everything off a linear script would n't it ?
19 I was reading it in the paper I thought oh I wonder if is .
20 Oh , I was writing it from the board actually .
21 He had no idea that I was prostituting myself in the cause of Jean-Claude 's success .
22 Instead I was getting myself into an increasingly confrontational situation , a battle of wills , with the Director of Coaching .
23 I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having .
24 I was telling him about the Glory , and I said I 'd driven it over and what did he think — was he looking forward to driving it and all that — ’ She paused excitedly .
25 Coming back to the council last year , some time in May last year , and er I was telling them about the noise and the situation , at the time .
26 At least that 's what I was telling myself at the start line of the Bury 20 .
27 I was telling you about the Queen Mary .
28 Er well Mark remember I was telling you about the boss that the two there the other night they give er a , a wage rise
29 But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think .
30 ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’
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