Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fact that I was calling him a murderer had nothing to do with it . |
| 2 | Which which company if I was to give you a choice , and the luxury that most recruiters do n't have . |
| 3 | In the Anglo-Italian Cup , group A , the other game being played in this country tonight as I was telling you a short while ago , Bolton nil , Brescia one , the goal scorer after three . |
| 4 | I was expecting you a little bit earlier actually , I think perhaps you got the times wrong I was |
| 5 | My mum said , she 's going my mum said , she was going to sign in because she was late , and then I was giving her a pen like |
| 6 | I thought I was giving you a lift |
| 7 | Although unladen with any climbing gear — even the daysack was being carried by Singi — I was finding it a hard struggle to make upward progress in the thin , cold air ; surprisingly more so than on Mera Peak when ice-axe , crampons and heavy climbing boots had been used . |
| 8 | ‘ Does remembering how awed I was give you a thrill ? |
| 9 | ‘ I was showing her a bird , ’ Mandy interrupted , turning and wrinkling her nose in playful warning at Charity . |
| 10 | If I was to enter it a number , one O two . |
| 11 | Of course , in thinking like this , I was doing him a great injustice : the change was not so much in him , as in the way I saw him . |
| 12 | As it turned out , I was doing him a service . ’ |
| 13 | I was doing him a favour looking after the house over Christmas . ’ |
| 14 | Well as far as I was concerned , I was doing what a doctor told me . |
| 15 | And I felt like I remember sometimes feeling as a child when I was doing something a bit difficult , a bit daring . |
| 16 | Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot |
| 17 | ‘ And it would be nice , ’ she added slowly , ‘ if someone was to give us a bit reading . ’ |
| 18 | In 1168 Geoffrey stood on the threshold of a long and turbulent career which was to earn him a great reputation as a knight both in Europe and on crusade and to help lift his dynasty out of the ranks of the barons of Poitou and place it firmly among the leading princes of Christendom . |
| 19 | In July 1568 , he was appointed to the Commission of Sewers , along with Lord Cobham , a position he was to hold for many years and which was to make him a close friend of Lord Cobham until Cobham 's death . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She was using it a week later when Nathan walked in through the kitchen door . |
| 22 | Laying herself down beside Cad again in the hot room under the single sheet , she instructed her sister carefully , how she was to find Tommaso Talvi in town the next day , to come across him as if by accident , and then , if no one was listening , she was to give him a message . |
| 23 | As she spoke she was laying him a place at the kitchen table , and serving him his meal . |
| 24 | She was telling them a story , and they were sitting on either side of her on the sofa with their mouths hanging slightly open , Gawain meditatively fingering a lock of her long , dark hair , Damian staring at her and absently scratching his balls . |
| 25 | She was telling me a bit about it . |
| 26 | Probably nothing , he was thinking , she 's only winding me up , and the thought that she was gave him a pleasurable kick . |
| 27 | If she had thought she was showing him a stop-light , however , he must have seen it as a green one , for his arm suddenly tightened and there was a definite amorous gleam in his eye as he edged closer to her and breathed seductively , ‘ I like you so much , Fabia . ’ |
| 28 | It 's as though she was giving herself a treat . " |
| 29 | A second or so later she was giving herself a mental shake and opening her eyes again . |
| 30 | Soon she was pouring herself a glass of whisky for breakfast , instead of a cup of tea . |