Example sentences of "i was [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , having exhausted his recollections of the circumstances of his writing the paper , he switched to more personal matters and enquired carefully how I was getting on in a way that made me reel that my mission had been worthwhile and that I had by no means wasted his morning . |
| 2 | Before I landed Brookside I was washing up in a wine bar so the experience obviously came in handy for playing Chrissie . ’ |
| 3 | I was walking around with a camera and binoculars right on top of their nuclear silos . |
| 4 | The scheme certainly helped me right at the beginning when I was starting up as a criminal lawyer . |
| 5 | I recall listening to him tell it to visitors when I was a child , and then later , when I was starting out as a footman under his supervision . |
| 6 | ‘ I was driving back from a conference in Norwich , and I wanted to see the church in any case . |
| 7 | By the time I was eight-years-old I was going around with a prostitute . |
| 8 | And it 's seventy degrees out there in the winter , well I was going round in a T-shirt , they all thought I was mad . |
| 9 | Here I am eighteen years old , and in a great state of elation because I was going out with a boy . |
| 10 | ‘ I was feeling that was a pity when some hours later I was coming out of a supermarket and just happened to bump into Sheena again , and we arranged to make contact again , ’ says Betty . |
| 11 | Yes , to be fair Jenny came in er , on Friday to talk to me about it , but I just did n't have time , I was rushing off to a meeting so I 've |
| 12 | I was tired , Thérèse said : so I was lying down for a bit . |