Example sentences of "i [was/were] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not as though I were writing a new book , ’ Elinor said crossly . |
| 2 | If I were wearing a next-to-nothing nightie and he was sitting on my bed , I 'd be having serious trouble breathing too ! |
| 3 | It 's the sort of ’ You stupid boy , stop trying to drown yourself ’ speech I can imagine I would deliver if I were dragging a recalcitrant lad back to land . |
| 4 | If I were interviewing a new act , I would try to ascertain their sheer punishment factor . |
| 5 | The ribber tucked stitches because I was using a different colour — dyes can alter the tension quite considerably . |
| 6 | ‘ When I was working in Bishopsgate I was using a different method , ’ Dexter explained . |
| 7 | Then I went to work in a five and ten , and gradually worked my way up until I was managing a general store . |
| 8 | I was eating a Milky Way and it collapsed . |
| 9 | His lordship was clearly enchanted by the whole business , Charlie was wearing the superior smile which always accompanied his demonstrations of lingual dexterity , and as for myself I was experiencing a mounting euphoria . |
| 10 | I was fishing a lovely pool , at Flemington , and saw Father park the car . |
| 11 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 12 | It was early evening , about seven o'clock ; I was wearing a short skirt and no coat , because the weather was warm , and we were supposed to be going out . |
| 13 | and I 've also got one album erm with a few pictures in from when I was in Kenya which was in nineteen eighty four so , you know , if anyone wants to see what I looked like in there I had longer hair and I was wearing a white coat so they 're very welcome . |
| 14 | I was wearing a heavy overcoat and woollen gloves but the bust whipped its way right into my bones . |
| 15 | Instead , as I sat in my cabin moodily pouring another Freezobalm , I was facing a good chance of losing my valuable reputation as an interplanetary courier . |
| 16 | I got very involved in drugs later because I was nursing a broken head and a broken heart , but at this particular time , 1974 , I was not sophisticated about drugs . |
| 17 | He says , " I can not remember a dream report which took the form , " Well , I was dreaming of such and such , but as I was dreaming this I was imagining a different scene which was completely unrelated . " " |
| 18 | At first , I was angry ; then I was living a new life — other things to think about , other people to consider . |
| 19 | I was laying a heavy carpet yesterday , and my |
| 20 | At this time , and like most public or semi-public figures , I was receiving a fair amount of mail from strangers . |
| 21 | I went past this woman 's door , her name was Emily , and it was like I was passing a huge vulva , so big it has a desk inside , and I decided that what I should do is make an actual photocopy of my dick , in fact two copies , one before coming , one after , and leave these , along with an asterisk memo , on her desk . ’ |
| 22 | Is it , do you think it might be as well that it 's a bit lighter Jane , cos I was reading a smashing tip |
| 23 | ‘ I was maintaining a tactful silence . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If Brian Clough is still interested in me he will want to know if I cope as well during a bad spell as I did when I was enjoying a purple patch and scored 11 goals in 14 games earlier in the season . ’ |
| 25 | We were living in Surrey at the time and I was sharing a double bed with my brother , who 's five years older than me . |
| 26 | For instance , I was writing a new song and it was making sense and suddenly these words came into my head : Once there was two Mexican women/ran over the hill/ripped off their skin/and ate it up . |
| 27 | When Dr Richard Lawrence , the society 's secretary , learned that I was writing a Christian appraisal of paganism and the occult , he pointed out that Aetherius ' members fully revered Jesus , and were convinced of his virgin birth and resurrection . |
| 28 | Physically and erm emotionally writing can be very isolating and so , for example a few years ago , I was writing a huge piece on Africa about Africa and I found emotions growing that I actually did n't have names for , erm and it made it impossible to finish the piece I was working on , and then I , I went to see an Afro Asian exhibition of art and I saw portraying some of these paintings the same emotions and it , it did n't give me a name for the emotions but it , it made me feel an awful lot less isolated seeing that erm other people have also , have also felt this . |
| 29 | Well she did n't persuade me but she said she thought it was a very good idea because it was on all the new sets and while I was buying a new set I might as well |
| 30 | Noticing I was buying a new battery for my headtorch he grinned knowing and said : ‘ Oh-oh ’ Somebody in for another Hebbert epic ? ’ |