Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was watching it at the movies , I was watching the whole thing at the cinema . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | While I was thinking it over the ‘ phone rang . |
| 4 | I was reading it in the paper I thought oh I wonder if is . |
| 5 | Oh , I was writing it from the board actually . |
| 6 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’ |
| 8 | When it was dry , I edged around the unpainted border bands with masking tape very carefully , because now I was applying it onto the painted surface . |
| 9 | ‘ I felt I did everything right , like the simple things of making the right contact , but I was striking it into the wind and it seemed to tail off at the last minute . ’ |
| 10 | Well , I was putting it on the foil and I thought : ‘ This could kill me ’ , but it was that strong the urge to have it , I did n't care . |
| 11 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 12 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |
| 13 | ‘ I suddenly felt that I was doing it to a bunch of people that actually understood what Lear 's pain was about , whereas I do n't standing on the stage at the National Theatre ’ : Brian Cox 's concerns about audience reactions and the nature of the dramatic experience are echoed by others . |
| 14 | I was doing it under the covers you see ? |
| 15 | It just happened that I was doing it in a unique way through the business world of women . |
| 16 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 17 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 18 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 19 | But , if you were buying it at a garage you were probably gon na pay at least four |
| 20 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 21 | " You will read this book just as though you had bought it at a bookstall and you were reading it in the ordinary way as a whole . " |
| 22 | I did n't know if you were comparing it at the end . |
| 23 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 24 | And then when you were cutting it in the Winter , you could see the the the layers you know . |
| 25 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
| 26 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 27 | Before caution could restrain the impulse , he placed his hand over hers where she was resting it on the low wall in front of them . |
| 28 | She never knew how to make it come out sounding as if she was spelling it with a little ‘ m ’ . |
| 29 | She never said to whom that fresh statement was made , but it was apparent to the jury that she was saying that she had made a statement contrary to that incriminating one , and she was suggesting that the second statement set out her case as she was putting it in the witness box . |
| 30 | Well Billy 's name 's Billy and you know we was writing it on the floor just after we found that out his second name , and , and they said B J ! |