Example sentences of "i was [v-ing] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't tell no lie , I was goin' to ask 'im for the loan of a bob so 's I could get to see this bloke that might be puttin' a bit of business in me way . |
| 2 | ‘ I was phoning to thank you for getting me out of police headquarters . ’ |
| 3 | When I was pregnant , and we did not have this constantly changing situation of togetherness and separation , my husband complained that I had not noticed him kissing me goodbye in the morning — I was starting to take him for granted after only a few months without going to the mikva ! |
| 4 | I was going to ask him for money , there 's a business I could buy my way into , an honest one this time , I 've checked it out . |
| 5 | I was going to say something for John . |
| 6 | Mr Editor Gilbert , on learning that I was going to fly one for Pilot , opined that it was a ‘ bloody awful aeroplane ’ . |