Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] me [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At around 4.45am , Mark rang the hospital and was told to bring me in when I was in pain . |
| 2 | ‘ When I managed to get upright I saw him cocking the gun again , thought he was going to shoot me again and moved towards him to defend myself . ’ |
| 3 | Lili looked at her squarely , and for a moment I entertained a mad hope that she would deny this , would announce that my engagement was a travesty and a cruelty , would say that she was going to take me away and teach me how to dress or to dance . |
| 4 | But that ‘ phone call was going to cost me more than a Big Mac . |
| 5 | I thought she was going to pin me down and that would be it . |
| 6 | I knew he was trying to cheer me up but I was determined to go back to my knitting lessons when the vultures had gone . |