Example sentences of "i was [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 32 | I was putting them round the back and sat thinking about it and I said well we ai n't got no peat , so we had to rush over to Hetford and bought some very good peat , and erm , by the time I got back and started digging hole for them to go in |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | I nearly forgot how old you are when I was putting you in the book . |
| 35 | " Now , I was saying something about the fish-shop on Lyons Dock . |
| 36 | I was doing them for the wrong reasons — out of curiosity or for the money , rather than because I had a passion for doing them . |
| 37 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the sort ! |
| 38 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the kind , ’ she denied crossly , turning to face him . |
| 39 | However , one afternoon perhaps two weeks after our conversation in my pantry , I was doing something in the library when Miss Kenton came in and said : |
| 40 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 41 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |
| 42 | I was doing it under the covers you see ? |
| 43 | And er and I was telling everyone I said , Oh I 'm going to and I was flinging everything over the you know . |