Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [v-ing] through " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a fitful sleep I dreamt I was swimming through drowned villages . |
| 2 | I was looking through the material again last night : it 's unique ! |
| 3 | I was looking through the archives recently and some rather fascinating facts may interest you ! |
| 4 | As I was looking through the products of many well-known ‘ British ’ firms , I was disgusted to find all were made in countries like China , South Korea and Taiwan — anywhere but Britain ! |
| 5 | When I was looking through the catalogues for what to buy I was very impressed with some of the newer books . |
| 6 | While I was looking through them , the woman , who was a friendly , cosy old body , noticed my bare hand and laughed at herself . |
| 7 | Cos one of the things that I said , you know , just when I was looking through the last five or six months is that it did seem er , to be inconsistent in terms of certain areas like the first floor , there 's an awful lot of reporting going on but , there was very little from the other , from the other areas . |
| 8 | This is actually tying this up with an exam question , I was looking through some past papers to try and spot things we may not have covered in detail . |
| 9 | Erm I was looking through some of the books for some of the startling figures and things that happen in world trade . |
| 10 | I 've pulled out a few press cuttings as well whilst I was looking through some of the for this talk . |
| 11 | I was seven and I was I went to a neighbour 's house and as it happened I was looking through the blooming window when the funeral went past so I was no better off you know . |
| 12 | Now I was looking through some brochures about erm productions of Romeo and Juliet , I have n't found one yet that 's on before May . |
| 13 | So anyway yesterday afternoon I was checking through it when the phone went again to ask about the washing machine and I was looking through the paper to see whether , and they 'd put it in this week ! |
| 14 | Yeah well they sho I said I 'd I was looking through this |
| 15 | And I was looking through the videos there . |
| 16 | But erm , and I was looking through all these posters and most of them were of nude women ! |
| 17 | I was watching through the window , as Larry loaded boxes of ammunition into the back of an old battered Land Rover . |
| 18 | I was speeding through the rage barrier . |
| 19 | I was strolling through the local city centre , when I heard a thumping bass sound coming from just around the corner . |
| 20 | Well a comment really , I was sitting browsing at Blackwell 's sale , and they 've got at half price , a beautiful book I was skimming through , with photographs of Victorian fashion , if you 're interested |
| 21 | I felt I was moving through a strange land , on tiptoe , with the woman I was allowed to touch — was allowed to do anything I wanted to , or at least anything I was capable of doing . |
| 22 | So I was waling through the bus station one day and I met this girl and er Ooh , she said , I 'm glad I 've seen you , she said . |
| 23 | I was amazed during a recent visit to headquarters of the number of requests for posters and tickets I saw when I was leafing through that bible , the design it file . |
| 24 | " I was passing through a corridor ( Of the palace in Marrakesh ) . |
| 25 | I was reading through back copies of MKM which I do quite often and started to read Help Line in the April '91 issue , when my husband ( who had been clearing out the attic ) came into the room with an old TV Times — Feb 1960 . |
| 26 | There 's only one thing that struck me when I was reading through it but a as I say , we we got to look at this from point of view are we going to date this as it lies at the present moment and add to it pieces that we want , or do we start off by having the pieces o i its its now whe w w |
| 27 | you know just , just thoughts I had as I was reading through it as best I can remember them so er mm |
| 28 | She gave up the branch chairmanship of the Civil and Public Servants union in 1990 after 10 years and said of her multi-purpose role : ‘ My husband used to say our lounge was like an office on Sunday nights when I was sorting through my paperwork for the week . ’ |
| 29 | I was sorting through one of the sacks which people sent us and I found the Mortar in a tin helmet . |
| 30 | I was glancing through the personal column of the Church Times when I saw an advertisement for ‘ a curate in poor health ’ — those were the very words — to accompany two elderly ladies on an Italian tour , all expenses paid . ’ |