Example sentences of "[pron] was [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was hating the analyst . ’ |
| 2 | Without noticing it , while I was looking the other way , I had become old ; so old that I was an ‘ old lady ’ , known as such at the village school . |
| 3 | I was looking the other day , when I was looking for some of these things . |
| 4 | I was looking the wrong way . |
| 5 | I was looking the wrong way . |
| 6 | I remember this fear quite distinctly as that of being swallowed up into some great emptiness : the struggle for individual identity , central to phenomenon of anorexia nervosa , had already begun , and already I was using the appropriate metaphor . |
| 7 | One more ‘ accident ’ that happened when I was using the Brother cast-off linker . |
| 8 | Another time , I was using the tape in private to record some of my own thoughts and observations . |
| 9 | I had to go upstairs to tell the woman above that I was using the bathroom , because if she walked about above , the plaster fell off . |
| 10 | He pointed out that although my title was an attractive one — since there was such a thing as a ‘ servile ’ society , namely a totalitarian one — the reader would assume that I was using the word liberal in the modern sense , which was certainly not my intention , He then went meticulously through my argument , and it almost pained me that he should take so much trouble over a work which I can not think it deserved . |
| 11 | Suddenly , one of the organisers called my number , I had to take off my socks and shoes as you had to do the jump in bare feet and I had to go over to get weighed again on different scales to make sure I was using the correct cord ( they were very safety conscious about every aspect of the jump ) . |
| 12 | I was using the very fast 12-shot per roll film which estate agents use to make houses look good in the rain . |
| 13 | exactly , it 's the only way you can do it and I would n't do it any other way , because I do n't bel I do n't , I do n't think it 's fair , if I was using the phone continually I 'd get rather annoyed , I mean that I 'd , they 'd have a right to be annoyed , but as I do n't I think it 's ridiculous so I 'm not hardly surprised at all , so I think it 's stupid as you say , but there you go . |
| 14 | I was dreading the inevitable hitching to Ullapool . |
| 15 | I was dreading the scene we 'd have at my Promise Ceremony , but when it came to it , she was actually on her best behaviour . |
| 16 | But I was dreading the French paper to which I had only given the dregs of my time as I had had so much else on my plate . |
| 17 | ‘ I was acting the other times , yes . ’ |
| 18 | I was containing the threats in written words : I was taking control . |
| 19 | I was calling the L-shaped room home for the first time , and thinking of it as such . |
| 20 | I was calling the white bag . |
| 21 | I was eating the mat on the floor . |
| 22 | I was chatting the other week to a chap called Peter Davenport . |
| 23 | When I was considering the applications from Foresterhill and others , I made it clear that I would not approve an application unless I was personally persuaded that the criteria would be met . |
| 24 | Oh yes you told me this that I was doing hard labour and he said I was building the building . |
| 25 | Like millions of Americans I was watching the debate on television and , like millions of Americans , I leapt out of my seat yelling something like : ‘ I ca n't believe he said that … |
| 26 | I know because I 've tried it as well , and I would say it was a large contributing factor to a breakdown of understanding , because at this point I was watching the deterioration of the relationship between Tony DeFries and David . |
| 27 | I was watching the scene from the kitchen end of the dining car , standing just behind Emil , Cathy and Oliver . |
| 28 | It was very hot in the scout hut where I was watching the preparations , so the clay was constantly being sprayed to prevent it drying out . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh yes , I was watching the six o'clock news . |
| 30 | No , I was watching the watchers . |