Example sentences of "[pron] was [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I did over Christmas , I did some Carlton and Alfy down there no , no that 's where I met , I had a Christmas holiday job , couple of days worked for him , I was lugging these vices up |
| 32 | I was wearing most of it . |
| 33 | I 'd be concerned as to whether I was wearing more layers of clothing than the other women , and whether anyone had noticed . |
| 34 | J.B. I was wearing this jumper . |
| 35 | ‘ Since I was wearing this I assume it 's mine . |
| 36 | ‘ If I thought I was causing any pain to the fish I would n't go fishing and I think all anglers feel that way , ’ he says . |
| 37 | ‘ But maybe he does , ’ Thessy insisted sadly , and both he and Ellen stared reproachfully at me as though I was risking all their future prosperity . |
| 38 | I was taping this by the way . |
| 39 | ‘ The last time I went to see a specialist about my knee , I was ready to pack it in if he 'd told me I was facing another year out . |
| 40 | ‘ How did you know I was imagining that ? |
| 41 | The fact that I had never seen my aunt looking so elegant added to my impression that I was imagining this . |
| 42 | I had , of course , been told by my surgeon that everything he could see he had taken out , On the other hand , I had chosen to explore further on my own and I was learning that cancer has this nasty habit of playing possum . |
| 43 | I was looking at it the other day and I was thinking all the bits that are out now . |
| 44 | ‘ I was thinking that responsibility , and maybe guilt , had turned Lachlan Cattanach onto the straight road . |
| 45 | ‘ I was thinking that . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ Yes , I was thinking that too . ’ |
| 47 | Erm , I would be happy , I mean , I purposely , I put some lines in just because I was thinking that way at the time , but I 'd be very happy if other people would scribble it out , change it , throw it back at me , you know , I would like to see I suppose , just to see if we can erm , if that , because , because I have to say that although you know part of reading 's letter , erm , I feel it 's , it , it feels destructive and it feels very critical . |
| 48 | I was thinking that but the I 'm surprised I mean yes . |
| 49 | Yes I was thinking that you know perhaps they could er |
| 50 | Well I was thinking that . |
| 51 | Well I was thinking that . |
| 52 | Yeah , I was thinking that actually . |
| 53 | Well I was thinking that fifty pounds off the gas board . |
| 54 | when we were having a meal and I was thinking that 's nice ! |
| 55 | As I was thinking this , Pike started to laugh and the voice took on more colour . |
| 56 | I was thinking this anyway . |
| 57 | But like , I was thinking this is gon na be so embarrassing like in P E ! |
| 58 | see I was thinking this was gon na cost a lot , a lot of money to put the phone 's in , but its not , because you just put one line in and then put different bits up the line do n't you ? |
| 59 | I was walking along talking to you and I was thinking this feels really strange you know . |
| 60 | Do you know I was thinking this the other day , do you think , say there was some girl like , let's just take Flick no , somebody , who do , who do , who do the people think 's real , who do the blokes always , yeah Flick they think is a real frump do n't they ? |