Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] i [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | At 60,000 feet it was harder to tell which was giving me the better high : the puppy poo , the Beastie Boys album or the Cessna . |
| 3 | Somebody was telling me the Rocky was on R5 the other week & said that when he was with Arsenal & they won the league at Liverpool in the last few minutes , Arsenal were 13 ( ? ) points clear at the new year but still had to come from behind to overtake Liverpool ! ! ! |
| 4 | She was telling me a bit about it . |
| 5 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
| 6 | She was telling me the other day . |
| 7 | Mrs Goreng presented the idea like she was doing me a big favour , giving me the chance to teach the future malai President . |
| 8 | She was tellin' me the ovver day she wants Fred ter try an' get that empty 'ouse next door ter make the place bigger . |
| 9 | She was berating me the whole time . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll have your name , and I 'll see that lady who was telling me the other day that Brownie girls do n't raid orchards . ’ |
| 11 | At least it was giving me a weekend on my boat . |
| 12 | Chance , fate or whatever you want to call it was offering me the opportunity to finally get you out of my system . |
| 13 | Anyway , just after Christmas this guy says er I still want the hotel so Peter said well you better put something down , you ge , better get something so he he went and put fifty thousand as a deposit on it and then said his legal advisers would be in touch and they had a month went by and they never heard anything , so Peter rang up , he was telling me the other day , er , he rang up yeah , go , he does n't want it you know ? |
| 14 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
| 15 | Now he s he thought he was giving me the same stuff , I did n't know what I was on , all I knew was I felt twice as bad . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | He was showing me the ships that were lost in the battle . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It was only a wolf-whistle — he was paying me a compliment . |
| 20 | He was offering me the trip of a lifetime , and all I had to do was take care of the meals . |
| 21 | Terry , of Brecon , added : ‘ Everyone was calling me a hero , but I was very wary of meeting the boss . |
| 22 | 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 . |