Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] something " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it seemed to me that one thousand six hundred was initially as a result of survey work or shall we say investigation into the housing waiting list carried out by the York housing department , and I have to say that I have a certain respect for the York housing department , and they have a certain reasonable and good reputation within the region as a housing department , and so there seems to me that there is a gr a there is a potential to underestimate er the the affordable requirement that 's been put to you , another point erm I 'd just like perhaps to seek a little clarification from Mr Curtis , was was unfortunately I was looking something else up or my attention was diverted when he gave some figures for Ryedale and Selby , I think he said , and I 'll happily stand corrected on this , that if you take away the York requirement figure from his ten thousand four hundred for Greater York , then the remainder he would apportion to Selby and Ryedale , so that Selby got four thousand two hundred , sorry , so that Ryedale got four thousand two hundred and Selby got one thousand seven hundred , erm that does n't add up to ten thousand four hundred and I I I in total , and I I wondered where the rest was coming from , if I the point correctly . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I was holding something . |
| 4 | And when I had it customized , I could boast I was wearing something that was made-to-measure — twice . |
| 5 | It was there a bit because I was hiding something from my mother . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | their high tea , were n't bothered about high tea , but still , er then , they 'd have , they might have a supper because she ai n't been a work , their elderly , they perhaps have a good tea , the they , they went to bed at nine and they said if I was reading something , they said , you know turn the gas out when you come up and , there you are well you can see , if one landlady gave me egg for me lunch that I had n't had , they not , they were n't gon na feed you up at supper time were they ? |
| 8 | I was writing something yeah ? |
| 9 | The children responded well , and at last I felt that I was achieving something . |
| 10 | So says aye , it 's time I was getting something done . |
| 11 | I was expecting something like that . ’ |
| 12 | I have to admit that I was expecting something rather special from him , but listening to the first instalment in his survey of the sonatas has only strengthened my opinion that it seems almost impossible for one pianist to attain a consistent level of achievement in all of the sonatas . |
| 13 | I was putting something in … something alive ! |
| 14 | Cahill , 19 , who is serving an 18-year sentence , said : ‘ I knew I was carrying something . ’ |
| 15 | If I was to believe something or to choose to do something , the decision was one which I had to make myself and make before God alone . |
| 16 | " Now , I was saying something about the fish-shop on Lyons Dock . |
| 17 | I was saying something . |
| 18 | Oh I was saying something about that |
| 19 | I mean I had no idea that by doing ‘ I left no ring with her ’ by Viola I was doing something that must have been heard a hundred times that day — I had no idea . |
| 20 | I was afraid that I was doing something wrong . |
| 21 | I have a nagging sense of being unsatisfied with my behaviour , as though I was doing something morally wrong . |
| 22 | However , one afternoon perhaps two weeks after our conversation in my pantry , I was doing something in the library when Miss Kenton came in and said : |
| 23 | I , too , thought I was doing something unique and practising an art exceptionally well . |
| 24 | It seemed to me at the time that I was doing something other than trying to keep myself warm . |
| 25 | I thought I was doing something important , helping Rella along . |
| 26 | He always made me feel I was doing something wrong . |
| 27 | I felt relieved once I 'd started because at last I felt I was doing something about my life . |
| 28 | I looked after my mother I was the youngest of our family , and I did n't consider that I was doing something unusual , it was my duty . |
| 29 | I gave my every waking hour to that club unless I was doing something else . |
| 30 | I had n't gone on the Pill because I did n't want to admit that I was doing something wrong , because mum had always brought me up that it was wrong before marriage . |