Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] i a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether that was down to the powers that be I do n't know ; perhaps they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain about where I was put . |
| 2 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 3 | This afternoon you came to my office as if you were doing me a favour . |
| 4 | ‘ Th'did more for me when Garty were giving me a beating . ’ |
| 5 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
| 6 | That place was costing me a fortune . |
| 7 | But what they did to me was give me a metronome and a theme which you play in quicker and quicker note values : triplets , eighths , sixteenths , and so on . |
| 8 | It was only a wolf-whistle — he was paying me a compliment . |
| 9 | So the retching was worrying me a bit . |
| 10 | Mat. , she had managed to give the impression authority was granting me a great favour . |
| 11 | He said he 'd noticed that our Mini was getting a bit down at heel , and in the light of Ken 's injuries he thought the least he could do was to give me a better means of transport . |
| 12 | Terry , of Brecon , added : ‘ Everyone was calling me a hero , but I was very wary of meeting the boss . |
| 13 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 14 | Mrs Goreng presented the idea like she was doing me a big favour , giving me the chance to teach the future malai President . |
| 15 | ‘ All I do know is that when we were on the way here he was asking me a great many questions about what went on in the village . |
| 16 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
| 17 | But no , it seemed to be the local name for the twenty kilo fish which was giving me a hard time , though later someone else called it a kingfish . |
| 18 | At least it was giving me a weekend on my boat . |
| 19 | came across dry ginger one of my school girlfriends was giving me a recipe , which , for which one er fo for erm ginger beer |
| 20 | We went the bank the other day and er the assistant manager was showing me a picture of his Range Rover . |
| 21 | Big Cassie was telling me a story about a couple of riveters that worked together , a family , brothers or cousins or something , and er she says that the guy was a riveter , he used to Maybe if the guy was on the inside holding , on the riveter on the outside this I 'm sure she said they were brothers , he would shout one of them from outside you know , shout his name and the boy would look through the hole you know , and he 's he would spit on him he would spit through the hole . |
| 22 | She was telling me a bit about it . |
| 23 | An attractive young blonde I had n't seen before was offering me a joint . |