Example sentences of "i was coming [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was coming up to my eleven hours — we 're not supposed to drive for more than eleven hours — and I went in and there was Charlie Hatton . |
| 2 | I was coming up to get something , so I thought I 'd see … . |
| 3 | She thought I was coming up with my eye . |
| 4 | I believe I had the same two horses in that wagon ; and I was coming up the Bungay road past Mr Charlie Skinner 's , and the yardman let them cows out to water , d'ye see , like they allus do every morning after they had milking done . |
| 5 | And I knew I was coming up you know . |
| 6 | But as I was coming up to London to work in more formal circumstances I selected my new skirt , which is somewhat smoother and less worn , together with my new pullover — oh , no , how odd , this is my old pullover — but — ah , now I remember , yes , worn over a cotton shirt — which again is something smooth . |
| 7 | ‘ Thanks , but I was coming up to meet you , ’ she said , as Vitor came round to open the passenger door . |
| 8 | Yeah I was coming up now I should think , she told Claire that she 'd bought one and Claire said oh she could have had this so I said oh I said |
| 9 | They would ask me into their classes to watch them teach ; they gave me time for interviews ; they allowed me into staff meetings and departmental meetings and I at various points in my research I erm attempted to feed back to them some of the material that I was coming up with , and we would have meetings to discuss this and I would erm use those meetings then to refine my ideas . |
| 10 | They asked me into their classes to watch them teach , they gave me time for interviews , they allowed me into staff meetings and departmental meetings and I erm at various points in my research I attempted to feed back to them some of the material I was coming up with , and we would have meetings to discuss this . |
| 11 | My next call was to the company that had been holding some of my things in storage , just to warn them that I was coming round . |
| 12 | ‘ I was coming over to see you but things have happened . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't cry , I was coming back again — ’ I began to explain . |
| 14 | I left my doughnut to show I was coming back . |
| 15 | ‘ I was coming back from the shops and saw Frankie dodging between parked cars , ’ Monica said yesterday . |
| 16 | I was coming back from the labs at Menelaus , after some work detail or other . |
| 17 | I was coming back from the shops the other day when I saw him get out of his car . |
| 18 | ‘ I was coming back by the path from the ferry , through the woodland , and where the trees are thickest I stumbled over him . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's funny you should ask because I bumped into her just as I was coming back from the loo . |
| 20 | How did you know I was coming back ? |
| 21 | I worshipped you , Angela , thought that I was coming back to you , and when you left me , you left me with nothing . |
| 22 | Even after what I just learned I could n't believe you 've been lying to me since we met — that I was coming back to ask you — ’ |
| 23 | I was coming back to teach in England after teaching in Nigeria , so I had to get used to the whole thing again . |
| 24 | It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through |
| 25 | I was coming back to the fox hunting here , when it 's mentioned sorry about that Chair . |
| 26 | ‘ I phoned Lomond View to say I was coming back tomorrow morning , and when no one answered I was immediately suspicious . |
| 27 | A gentleman stopped me as I was coming back and he said do you own a white Austin Metro . |
| 28 | And then I , I was coming back from lectures at , as he was like leaving our house and he looked a really sorry state . |
| 29 | Now when er when I was coming down er , coming from , I lived on the Green then , to go to work , we used to met er a person and we used to call her Rosie . |
| 30 | I told him I was coming down here to fetch you , and here I am . |