Example sentences of "i [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hoping to buy her a ring for Christmas but we just could n't afford it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ Nora replied angrily , ‘ I was trying to give you a little surprise but you 've spoiled that now . ’ |
| 3 | I found I was trying to announce it the I 'd this and I 'd that in there . |
| 4 | ‘ I was going to ask you a small favour , ’ said Mr Chan . |
| 5 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I was going to write you a note — ’ |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | Can I , can I , yes I was going to tell you a story |
| 11 | I was going to make him a director , bloody good young man , tough and fair and straight . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |