Example sentences of "was [verb] i [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was helping me with the french . |
| 2 | The government 's obvious intention was to identify me as the main source of all the criticism and speculation running counter to the official line on Flight 103 and then to destroy me . |
| 3 | As Estella was leading me along the dark passages , she stopped suddenly and put her face close to mine . |
| 4 | I would n't get the opportunity to find out who else was calling me at the same time . |
| 5 | ‘ She was asking me about the criminal classes , so I was telling her . ’ |
| 6 | Our session started out as a posed picture for the photographer but in the end I was showing the former world champion my favourite trick shot — jumping the white over two reds into the middle pocket — and he was advising me about the exact position of the white and then how to pull off one of those complicated round-the-table shots . |
| 7 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |