Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just dishing up the ravioli and he had n't even had time to take his helmet off when Nutty stormed in , drunk as a fiddler . |
| 2 | I was just wondering when the right hon. and learned Gentleman was going to tell the House how his Government intend to get out of the recession that they have created . |
| 3 | I do n't know where he is , I 'll smash his head in when we get home , taking care to use the rolling-pin , then I can tell the judge I was just rolling out the sausage plait when he took me unawares . |
| 4 | I was merely pointing out the underlying logic of this course . |
| 5 | I could n't get a knee up to break its back , either , because I was almost slipping down the slope as it was , and I could n't possibly get any purchase on that surface with only one leg . |
| 6 | By the time I got to the end of the course , I was still picking up the pieces . |
| 7 | I was still wearing out the regulation Docs and the thick black jeans . |
| 8 | I was still gagging up the last few dregs when somebody punched me on the cheek , sending the other side of my head banging against the metal wall of the shelter . |
| 9 | He laughed , because I was still to get off the ground . |
| 10 | ABBERLEY : I was only trying out the idea . |