Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I remember at the time , I was chasing you over a most ridiculous national press story that Emlyn did n't like the idea of you a pop singer appearing in one of his classics . |
| 2 | I was cleaning , cleaning it up and of course I was tapping it with a hammer was n't I to try and get all the putty you know , try and break the putty and most of it came away and I just tapped this one little |
| 3 | I was helping him across a busy six-lane road in north London . |
| 4 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't say I was taking you to a hotel , ’ he replied evenly . |
| 6 | ‘ I suddenly felt that I was doing it to a bunch of people that actually understood what Lear 's pain was about , whereas I do n't standing on the stage at the National Theatre ’ : Brian Cox 's concerns about audience reactions and the nature of the dramatic experience are echoed by others . |
| 7 | It just happened that I was doing it in a unique way through the business world of women . |
| 8 | He put a solicitor down , and last time I spoke with him I was defending him on a for fraud . |