Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well this morning I were listening to er Roy Normal on the , the Welsh radio programmes and he was talking to er various people and he told one young woman who had been in a certain area in world where they were filming , er and she 'd gone to see this filming with Alan Ladd and all these , you know , and anyway she goes she went into the er local chip shop and the er assistant for the film , the labourer came in and ordered , ordered forty packet of chips and er and he was saying oh it were for film you see , so she thought I 'd go down and see what 's happening , so she went down to the pier end and they were all er doing the performance and er , the producer says now all you people there , he says that 's interested , he said would you all go onto the pier , he says and talk he says and read , make it , you know make it interesting , so they all piled onto the pier and er , they filmed what they had to film with the pier in the background and all the people that were on the pier , so this girl was on the film you know , then after it had finished , he thanked everybody , he says now then do n't walk off the pier , he says will you as you 're going off walk past this , the table at the end there and their bloke give them three pound ten a piece |
| 2 | That 's during the war yes and er , of course this is the first world war I were referring to and erm , the people appreciated this and we used to give it to them like you know . |
| 3 | Well I s I were saying to Irene , I says did you ever get one ? |
| 4 | So Shitvolumes started preparing his next show as if I were going to be in it , until one day , just before The Jungle Book was about to go up , he came into the dressing room . |
| 5 | I had so far managed to avoid being kissed by the old bat , but I had the strong feeling that , by the end of the day , she and I were going to be getting physical . |
| 6 | Apparently Alice had told her that I were going to town with them |
| 7 | I give them to that solicitor that , I were talking to . |
| 8 | I were talking to him on Friday , and er , I mean , they 've not been down there five minutes . |
| 9 | We saw , we saw one or two others that were involved , that were involved in it , and er I were talking to the , one of the young producers that were there and er and I said if you 're short of some ac actors I said me and my mate will be actors you know , oh she said you 're dressed just right I 'll tell ya |
| 10 | Then I were talking to our Karen to about quarter to three |
| 11 | Well if I know who they are and I do n't know where they come from I 'll just put who they are day I were talking to them and dash it . |
| 12 | Traffic and all sorts , see I were talking to Joyce this morning |
| 13 | Anyway I were , I were talking to that lady and er she were on about you , and she says about putting your name |
| 14 | I were talking to her for about half an hour . |
| 15 | Some months later a colleague and I were returning to London from a meeting in Brussels . |
| 16 | I was pretending to be another man , but losing my own heart . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Later , at Reykjavik , I was chatting to somebody , telling them about the Ernir flights . |
| 20 | The next day I was chatting to friends — Joy and Alan Byne . |
| 21 | I was chatting to her one lunch-time and just happened to mention that I kept and bred barn owls . |
| 22 | ‘ I was chatting to Jack after lunch . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ; - ) ) . |
| 25 | I was chatting to his nan , his nan 's amazing you know , she 's a right traveller . |
| 26 | I was chatting to a bloke today about you |
| 27 | Well this , I was chatting to a bloke and erm |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |