Example sentences of "was [adv] thinking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , raking about in her mind , she said , ‘ I was merely thinking about the horse trekking . |
| 2 | And the brashly commercial Lord Wolfson ( as he became ) , who went to a State elementary school , was perhaps thinking of his equally unacademic predecessor , Lord Nuffield , when he too , with his endowments , had an Oxford college named after him . |
| 3 | On returning from Spring Harvest ( and back to work ) I found that I was constantly thinking about God , Jesus , being a Christian . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I was only thinking about all those prayers we say for the conversion of China . |
| 5 | ‘ I was only thinking about you the other day , David , ’ said his grandmother , settling herself in a high-backed chair , her feet planted firmly on the floral Axminster carpet . |
| 6 | Christina was already thinking about who she could ring who could contact Stephen . |
| 7 | When Will came back to us , his eyes were bright , but he was already thinking about it . |
| 8 | Though he found the new car handled very well , it did n't immediately have the success it might have had in F1 , partly because Jackie missed a number of races after his Spa accident ; it improved the following year with a Cosworth engine , but by then he was already thinking of what his next move in F1 would be . |
| 9 | Riven was already thinking of bright hearths and warm beds as they made their way along the summits , following Bicker in single file now , their mounts ' hoofs throwing up bobbles of snow that were swept away into the air as quickly as they were kicked up . |
| 10 | He was already thinking of what he would write to her as he turned into the main road : |
| 11 | He was already thinking of the creation of a Russian army , but had no idea how to go about it . |
| 12 | De Gaulle was already thinking in terms of a Third World War . |
| 13 | The War Minister was already thinking in terms of extending the obligation to serve in the army from the peasant estate to the community as a whole . |
| 14 | He was just thinking about the boy in the Post Office when he fell instantly into a deep sleep . |
| 15 | I was just thinking about this man — |
| 16 | I was just thinking about whether people sign but it does , no it still applies . |
| 17 | I was just thinking about er when the pubs turn out and things like that . |
| 18 | No , I was just thinking about … being alone . |
| 19 | ‘ I was just thinking about poor old Eddy . |
| 20 | ‘ I was just thinking about you , ’ he said . |
| 21 | I was just thinking about that just now , whether |
| 22 | ‘ I was just thinking about those betting-slips , sir . |
| 23 | ‘ I was just thinking about your foolish and utterly misguided belief that there 's a drugs ring in this club , ’ she said coldly . |
| 24 | erm and I was just thinking about erm how people actually label people |
| 25 | He was stationed in an old chapel in Chuckery because the Americans once they 'd started they were putting them everywhere or anywhere they could just get to be with them before V Day they were even in little chapels , churches , outhouses anywhere they could possibly and there were guns and bits of trucks on every spot of land where they could get them the er , I 'm getting out of context I was just thinking about a tank , a First World War tank that they used to have those as well in the field gun in the er arboretum which were disappeared soon after the war they went for scrap and they came and they used , people used to have a lot of wrought iron railings as well they took those as well they came along with burners and went off to the war effort , but er like I say the Americans and of course as kids they were very generous with kids and we absolutely loved them . |
| 26 | I was just thinking about also sheep shearing and stuff . |
| 27 | No I was just , I was just thinking about the same . |
| 28 | I I I was just thinking about a if I could n't find anything else a fifteen quid voucher for somewhere . |
| 29 | I was just thinking about erm er y'know while it 's while it 's reasonably fresh in my mind . |
| 30 | Um I was just thinking about y'know |