Example sentences of "[subord] i [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 2 | Fine er what we 're , what we 're saying to you basically is , right , and , and another thing you 're doing is proving that you 're capable of doing it , now if I was training you from cold , right , and you had n't done it |
| 3 | If I was phoning you from Publishing and I phoned up G A |
| 4 | If I was interviewing you as an , as a member of the institution as a , a local spokesman |
| 5 | if I was recording you at this precise moment ? |
| 6 | I mean , all I use I mean , if I was making them for somebody I would use about four or five layers and then I would put a piece of lace of braid or something at the top |
| 7 | Cos I was shaking mine at him |
| 8 | It was there a bit because I was hiding something from my mother . |
| 9 | Because I was writing it in R E |
| 10 | It 's odd because I was watching him on Football Focus yesterday , him and Bob Wilson , and I was trying to stay awake |
| 11 | ‘ I knew it could n't be the murder weapon , ’ he gravely told Wickham , ‘ because I was using it on Friday evening , hours after MacQuillan was found dead . ’ |
| 12 | Or maybe , the other ends got hot while I was a-tapping them on the anvil . ’ |
| 13 | While I was thinking it over the ‘ phone rang . |
| 14 | The vociferation grew louder and louder all the time while I was serving myself at the counter . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’ |
| 16 | I got some insight into this when I was telling him about my readings in Zen , and trying to explain the principles of yin and yan . |
| 17 | I nearly forgot how old you are when I was putting you in the book . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I did not respond , for I was feeling nothing but astonishment . |