Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] my [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 2 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 3 | I was using my car as a weapon . ’ |
| 4 | For instance , she never specifically said : ‘ Do n't blame your mother for everything ’ , but she made me understand that I was using my mother as an excuse for the fact that I was n't happy a lot of the time . |
| 5 | We were able to exchange ideas and opinions with them — so much so , that by the end of the day one archaeological student was using my detector over the spoil heaps , while I turned my hand to the ‘ trowel and brush . ’ |
| 6 | I slept badly and had a dream that was to confirm my fears about the ghost . |
| 7 | I was given my pre-op by a ‘ bank nurse ’ . |
| 8 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
| 9 | In Harrogate I was to meet my editor for a pep talk . |
| 10 | Soon I was groping my way up the tight , black corkscrew , mole-mode . |
| 11 | I felt as if someone was pressing my lungs with a steam-iron . |
| 12 | I was driving my car along an unlit street in Bristol , England : all of a sudden the two inner wheels of the car had left the road and I travelled for quite a few yards at an angle of 45 degrees , after which I landed with a large bump . |
| 13 | ‘ But he knew I was pledging my honour to the king 's peace . |
| 14 | I was filling my pipe in the hall . |
| 15 | I , on the other hand , was free as I had never been before : free of the boring business of examinations to be got through and jobs to be found , I was forming my life into a growing , organic design , normal and beautiful . |
| 16 | I was saving my energies for the return journey . |
| 17 | I was conducting my research with the staff of a school with whom I had previously worked . |
| 18 | As a matter of fact , as I was larding my toast with the old Maria Schneider this morning , preparatory to sprinkling it with Ecstasy , I worked out a scenario involving eight women , providing one of them was Indian and none were dressed as Carmelites . |
| 19 | I suddenly found that I was losing my powers at a time when I needed them most . |
| 20 | I saw that he was examining my face during the same silence . |
| 21 | Then yesterday as I was doing my prison-exercise in the outer cellar I saw a nail . |
| 22 | Er overnight like you know , er when I was doing my work at the centre , the unemployed worker 's centre . |
| 23 | I was milking my goats in the field , and he got down on the ground and put his head near my foot . |
| 24 | Even as I was recording my triumphs over a hostile and alien world , I was also expressing such sentiments as , ‘ Oh , it 's not even worth writing down — the same , usual , dismal , tedious , boring story . ’ |
| 25 | In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go . |
| 26 | Soon I was pricking my ears at every hiss and rustle , every creak and sigh , every flap , scuttle and click . |
| 27 | Wilson was quick to see how provocative such a development would be to the shipowners and refused to accept the post , though he confessed to have been " foolish enough to have allowed myself to be nominated and elected as honorary general manager , which meant that I was lending my name to an organization over which I had no control " . |
| 28 | When I parted them just a moment ago , the light outside was still very pale and something of a mist was affecting my view of the baker 's shop and chemist 's opposite . |
| 29 | Ironically , I would argue cynically , the only way I could become acceptable was to turn my illness into a piece of work at one level . |
| 30 | Ironically , I would argue cynically , the only way I could become acceptable was to turn my illness into a piece of work at one level . |