Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was eating some gnocchi with this Italian — I did n't say nookey . ’ |
| 2 | I was fired some years after the War after an altercation with Hymie . |
| 3 | And I was reaching some conclusions about the choice that Gharr had given me . |
| 4 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 5 | After that , Mr Dance went away and I was given some food . |
| 6 | I was reading some gimcrack book about economics , full of those pictograms that fall half-way between diagrams and drawings , when I heard the thudding of a diesel engine running under the roar of the gale coming in off the sea and over the whirr of the fan heater that was marinading my feet . |
| 7 | ‘ I was reading some people think AZT is a poison , ’ she says conversationally . |
| 8 | ‘ I was reading some rubbish in The Guardian … it 's almost as bad as The Observer … ‘ he said . |
| 9 | Bodo and I had been watching a bodysurfing video starring Mark Cunningham , but when Ace found out I was writing some articles about the North Shore he insisted on an immediate full-scale press conference . |
| 10 | At the same time as I was writing some correspondence ( including the note to you ) , I was attempting to organise the hand-over of certain severely disturbed patients to various colleagues who were to assume responsibility for them during the long vacation . |
| 11 | Erm I thought that erm I , I mean I was getting some things that John has n't , has n't mentioned , erm when you mentioned the wife being there erm when you , when you were introducing the C C Q you then assumed that you would be coming back with recommendations |
| 12 | I was getting some drawing prep once and what I was actually told to draw was a towel hanging over a chair . |
| 13 | I was getting some strength back in my voice . |
| 14 | cos I mean , that 's what prompted all this cos I was getting some information from my |
| 15 | The day that made the appointment to see and Co , Nick after coming out of that meeting with Nick , we called in at the office , myself and my wife , and whilst I was tidying some things up because I 'd got the remainder of the afternoon off , Charles ' wife said to my wife , my wife actually broke down in tears , and she says , What 's up ? |
| 16 | I could see my sister being nourished as I had been nourished , and I was demanding some sort of parity . |
| 17 | ‘ I was reminded of this a year ago when I was spending some time with one of my sisters . |
| 18 | I was washing some bottles off . |
| 19 | As I say , it does n't bother me constantly all the time , Doctor you know , it 's just I feel I was carrying some shopping down the road |
| 20 | While I was making some tea there was a tremendous crash . |
| 21 | So I went back into the spare room , I was doing some ironing which was on the you know and the next minute the phone went ! |
| 22 | This was a disappointment , since I had been striving even more to acquire expertise in Italian affairs , and I was doing some propaganda work for the BBC , some of which was ‘ beamed ’ to the Arab population of Libya . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ I was doing some commentary on our clubcall line and when we equalised , considered analysis went out of the window . |
| 24 | We met when I was researching some material on community care , and her great good humour and flawless memory for fascinating aspects of social history turned a one-off interview into an intermittently enjoyed friendship . |
| 25 | About three years ago , I was left some money by a relative , so I was able to start up a national welfare charity for Labradors — something I 'd always wanted to do . |
| 26 | Neighbour Kathy Burn said : ‘ We heard a bang and thought someone was doing some DIY work . |
| 27 | The emperor 's death in its turn alienated his supporters , most notably the Gallo-Roman Aegidius , who began an independent career in Soissons , in the north of Gaul , which was to hold some significance for the early history of the Franks . |
| 28 | Mr Smith said that , in the private sector , jobs were threatened by the recession which was causing some parents to transfer their children to State schools . |
| 29 | This consequence was caused by London Weekend Television when it revealed that a juror in an official secrets case was a former member of the SAS , and by " The Guardian " when it published details of information discovered by police when they " vetted " a jury which was trying some anarchists . |
| 30 | Hound Tor is a deserted settlement in Manaton parish , high on the east side of Dartmoor , which was excavated some years ago and has been left open so that visitors can see it . |