Example sentences of "[pron] was [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was pretending to be another man , but losing my own heart . |
| 2 | I was looking to a broader concept than that of agency when considering the responsibility of the creditors in ‘ leaving the matter to the son to obtain the signatures of the parents . ’ |
| 3 | AT RONNIE SCOTT 's Club last night I was chatting to some of the members , insofar as one could hear one 's self talk above the noise of the musicians , when the subject of London transport came up . |
| 4 | Later , at Reykjavik , I was chatting to somebody , telling them about the Ernir flights . |
| 5 | The next day I was chatting to friends — Joy and Alan Byne . |
| 6 | I was chatting to her one lunch-time and just happened to mention that I kept and bred barn owls . |
| 7 | ‘ I was chatting to Jack after lunch . ’ |
| 8 | I was sitting there waiting for the grub to show when Martin Amis came through the open door — you know , the writer I was chatting to in the pub the other night . |
| 9 | I was chatting to the team doctor and secretary and I told them I was a Leeds United supporter , and I kept up with the Leeds news via the computer network ( spread the word ; - ) ) . |
| 10 | I was chatting to his nan , his nan 's amazing you know , she 's a right traveller . |
| 11 | I was chatting to a bloke today about you |
| 12 | Well this , I was chatting to a bloke and erm |
| 13 | Ah now you think about it , I mean there was this question in our maths test and I was chatting to him in the dinner queue about it and I was going yeah it was this and he goes oh you 're probably right and he was agreeing with me and I found out later that I was wrong but he still agreed with me . |
| 14 | For most of the 1970s while living in the Borders I was commuting to London by air for three nights a week to present late-night current affairs programmes — 24 Hours , Midweek , Tonight , Newsday . |
| 15 | He 'd been making some records but they were n't successful and for the first few weeks after I 'd met him and decided to work with him , I was listening to songs that he 'd written , and was in the process of writing , and came to the conclusion that he was not essentially a singles artist . |
| 16 | It was there all the time but I had turned my back upon it in a sense , so when I got converted , and of course I was listening to the Big Man 's comments on events and I recognized the validity of what he was saying . |
| 17 | Yet the other day I was listening to an eminent conductor whose Bruckner is often much praised reaching a triple forte long before what is to me self-evidently the work 's pivotal climax . |
| 18 | I was listening to the same genial , slow voice with which the American gentleman had charmed many since his arrival and yet it now contained something unmistakably covert . |
| 19 | I was listening to the two in the back working their way through a typical RAF ditty with the repetitive chorus of , ‘ There 's only one bar — BOO ! |
| 20 | FOR EXAMPLE , LAST WEEK I WAS LISTENING to my favourite recorded of Paganini 's First Violin Concerto , which I have treasured for many years , largely due to the soloists extraordinary playing . |
| 21 | But , of course , it does n't always work ; I was listening to my second recording of the Liszt Sonata about a year ago , and found things there that did not satisfy me . |
| 22 | A few moments later , balloon of armagnac in hand , I was listening to Dennis recount with great self-satisfaction how he 'd come by the priceless spirit , when our attention was drawn by the sound of running water from the kitchen . |
| 23 | I mean , these were people I was listening to when I was kid , and then suddenly I 'm having dinner with Carl Perkins ! |
| 24 | But gosh , I was listening to everybody , jazz guitarists like Tal Farlow … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . |
| 26 | So I was probably enjoying British progressive rock at the same time I was listening to American jazz . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I started playing guitar when I was fourteen , ’ says Rowland , ‘ and I was listening to people like Roxy Music and David Bowie . |
| 28 | I was listening to weird stuff like Iron Butterfly when I was , like , still learning my alphabet ! |
| 29 | I was listening to that ! ’ |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I was with him when the call came in to do the video so I was listening to the call , although I was minding my own business . |