Example sentences of "i was [v-ing] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd had some sailing instruction before on Lake Bala , in a larger Wayfarer which has room for two people and an instructor , but I found that I was tending to leave the thinking to my partner and the instructor , and just doing what I was told without knowing why . |
| 2 | As I approached it I reached out my talons to land and perhaps the prey I was holding obscured the view for I should have seen sooner what had been put on top of the post by Men . |
| 3 | I was hoping to see the Seychelles black parrot , which has never been recorded from any island other than Praslin . |
| 4 | I was hoping to get the chance to see the new Beethoven opera . |
| 5 | With a sigh he admitted , ‘ I was hoping to find the ring quickly . ’ |
| 6 | I was hoping to film the kits growing up and discovering the world around them , but before they were old enough to fend for themselves , a fisherman trapped and killed the mother . |
| 7 | " I was wanting to see the kids , " he said when Mr Blakey came closer . |
| 8 | And it was right one evening , at an art college gig where I was helping lug the gear to the van . |
| 9 | I was struggling to grasp the aesthetics of it all . |
| 10 | supposed I was dyin' to spill the beans |
| 11 | ‘ I was intending to ask the committee for something towards my purchase . ’ |
| 12 | However , as a ‘ courageous ’ cut and sewer , as well as being a past owner of a Brother Electronic with garter carriage which casts off automatically , I decided that I would never go back to a latch tool cast off and that it was a waste of time in any case if I was intending to cut the fabric ! |
| 13 | I was trying to educate the children and what we have done is actually in science , educated the staff . |
| 14 | Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town . |
| 15 | So on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing . |
| 16 | I was trying to memorise the road . |
| 17 | I was trying to remember the name of that collar . |
| 18 | Such as that I was trying to use the priesthood as an escape from my personal frustration , that I was dramatizing my own situation , that I was proud and vain , that my idea of Catholicism was up the creek . |
| 19 | And the handout I 've got here which I could n't tie in just now when I was trying to do the deduction is because the rates are very slightly different . |
| 20 | In return I was trying to grasp the basics of Swedish , whose inflexions and vocabulary I found hard to manage . |
| 21 | ‘ I was trying to remove the guilt and shame of the bourgeoisie , ’ says Koons . |
| 22 | And now there was a chap on the phone last night he want to go to Valley and I was trying to tell the bloke who who he between doing pickets and trying to keep count and er . |
| 23 | I was trying to find the way back to my hotel , but I got hopelessly lost . ’ |
| 24 | I was trying to find the place we met her yesterday morning when I heard you shouting and the sounds of ambush so I rode to investigate . ’ |
| 25 | I was trying to keep the workforce happy and keep every body in a job . |
| 26 | Mm That was where I was trying to get the blackbirds |
| 27 | Yeah , the way the ice formed on this car when I was trying to get the snow off off the windscreen and the ice and everything that was er , no I personally think it 's too cold . |
| 28 | I was trying to get the key out the aerial and it would n't come out . |
| 29 | There I was trying to get the encruster to stick . |
| 30 | I was trying to solve the mystery of that secret ‘ consignment ’ you and Salvo were talking about ! ’ |