Example sentences of "i [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] at the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was when I was gazing dully at the finger , the heel of my hand resting in an intercostal space , that I felt the faintest flutter from below . |
| 2 | ‘ I have n't a clue — I was freaking out at the time . |
| 3 | I only explained I was listening in at the time . |
| 4 | Bedfield was the village I was living in at the time . |
| 5 | Sue likes me … lots of people like me … when I was helping out at the meat counter the other week , Jim said we should go bowling one night . |
| 6 | I was hanging around at the back of the church because I wanted a word with the vicar . |
| 7 | ‘ I was playing better at the end and if it had been a five set match I think I could have fought back . ’ |
| 8 | There were times when I was starting in at the cattle that it stood between me and the road . |
| 9 | I had a kind of ear infection which caused giddiness and I had to come out of the West End play I was appearing in at the time , The Rose Tattoo . |
| 10 | I was toddling around at the time getting into mischief the way any normal , healthy three-year-old boy does . |
| 11 | ‘ Most of the trauma I was going through at the time is written into that film , ’ he admitted reflectively . |
| 12 | ‘ Because I 'll never cry for you again , ’ I said , which was a very false promise , because I was crying inside at the time , and only I know how much I cried for her later . |
| 13 | ‘ I was working late at the office as you know . |