Example sentences of "i [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 . |