Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I were coining it down in the bull market , ’ I reminded him , ‘ and you were my oldest friend and out of work and you came up with two corking girls like that , I 'd be honoured to pay the bill . ’ |
| 2 | If I were sending you off without a decent breakfast you could say that , but as it is … ’ |
| 3 | Hilary was depressed at your long absence ; I was cheering her up with photographs of your sporting exploits , which hang , as you know , in the master bedroom . |
| 4 | Rather , I was willing myself out of it . |
| 5 | I was experiencing something very like despair , which was not altogether relieved when he turned me towards him and said , " I 'd love you if you were as bald as a coot . |
| 6 | ‘ I was to pick her up by the Souk Al-Gadira . ’ |
| 7 | It was n't just a matter of meeting an old comedian ; I was meeting someone out of the dustier corners of my private pantheon . |
| 8 | I was holding it lightly against the glass of the door at an angle where the steel-jacketed slugs would plough straight into the fat of his abdomen . |
| 9 | ‘ And I thought all would be well , if only I was to leave you both to yourselves ! ’ uttered Taggy crossly . |
| 10 | I was stealing something out of the film : I had captured the stars in the act , and they could n't slip away , off the edge of the screen . |
| 11 | I did n't have to pay any more and I did n't , and I was passing it over to Steve . |
| 12 | KENNETH Branagh brings a lot of folk out in hives and I was scratching myself furiously at the thought of Ken , Em , Stephen , Tony , Hugh and Imelda — plus Em 's distinguished mum Phyllida Law as the faithful retainer — all holed up , chummy as you please , in a country house over the Yuletide hols , quaffing bubbly and beating their breasts . |
| 13 | She was packing his stuff and I was bringing him upstairs to his room like away from her like . |
| 14 | Mrs Phillips said today : ‘ I was bringing him home from my daughter 's house when he got out of his cage . |
| 15 | I was pointing it out to my passengers when I heard ‘ Mayday ! |
| 16 | You can tell him I was pointing it out to you , should he have the bad manners to bring up the incident . ’ |
| 17 | I did n't want to wear glasses , and I was thinking how I could get out of it but finally they brought in a bunch of pairs of glasses and I was trying them on in the mirror , and I tried on a pair and I thought , ‘ Gee , these do n't look too bad ’ . |
| 18 | I was to get his job — and now I was to drive him home to Bristol . |
| 19 | My wardrobe may not be as current these days , and I hardly saw a movie for a year and a half while I was getting myself back on my feet financially . |
| 20 | Well I was getting you back for one ! |
| 21 | I was taking her home with me … . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They could see I was taking it easier on some of the sessions and they told me so . |
| 23 | ‘ Gary learned to keep out of my way but I did worry that I was taking it out on him and the kids , ’ she shudders . |
| 24 | As I say I , that 's why , that 's really why I was expecting you more towards twelve o'clock time . |
| 25 | ‘ I need to see Mr Patterson , ’ I said as if I was letting him in on a big secret . |
| 26 | I said I did not know — I did n't know what I was letting myself in for . |
| 27 | I was n't sure what I was letting myself in for ! |
| 28 | What I did get away with was arguably worse than murder , and revealed for the first time something of what I was letting myself in for by getting involved with Karen Parsons . |
| 29 | I felt that although what we had done in Orange had been severe and shitty , in choosing to go to Calvi and the Airborne regiment , I was letting myself in for treatment and discipline I could n't imagine . |
| 30 | I thought my boyfriend would make sure that he knew what he was doing , " cos at that time I did n't know what I was letting myself in for and also because he was nineteen I said to myself that he was more responsible . |