Example sentences of "i was [verb] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I was tempted to call it a day there and then , pull over and have a kip , but my stomach reminded me that I had n't thrown it a bone since the ploughman 's at lunch-time , and it had been quite an eventful day . |
2 | Korg make much of the A2 's alleged versatility , and I was tempted set myself a challenge : how small a rack could I put together ? |
3 | I was hoping to buy her a ring for Christmas but we just could n't afford it . ’ |
4 | ‘ Well , ’ Nora replied angrily , ‘ I was trying to give you a little surprise but you 've spoiled that now . ’ |
5 | I found I was trying to announce it the I 'd this and I 'd that in there . |
6 | There was an equine ‘ flu scare on and I was advised to give him a booster , which I did . |
7 | ‘ I was going to ask you a small favour , ’ said Mr Chan . |
8 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
9 | I was g , I was going to get to read the newspaper report in the Mercury and the Mail , and when I appeared at Leicester Castle before a Judge , but er , I think , and I was going to give you a clue . |
10 | Then she added quickly , lest he deliberately misinterpret that , ‘ But I was going to leave you a note , as I keep trying to tell you . |
11 | I was going to write you a note — ’ |
12 | ‘ I was going to show you the laconicum , ’ he said , and he turned and snuffed like a hound across the green , open bowl , and set out on a selected trail , nose to scent , heading obliquely for the complex of standing walls where several rooms of the ancient baths converged . |
13 | Can I , can I , yes I was going to tell you a story |
14 | I was going to make him a director , bloody good young man , tough and fair and straight . |
15 | ‘ Mr Gajdusek lives in the part of Czechoslovakia called Western Bohemia , and I was going to make it a quick flight over , find this place called Mariánské Láznë where he has his home , and shoot back to England again , ’ Cara replied . |