Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that win , Hope 's family and supporters celebrated with champagne in the dressing room and Lawless recalled : ‘ We only had a few glasses and Mo and I were drinking out of the same one . |
| 2 | And now it was as if I were sinking blissfully into a warm bath and lying there perfectly relaxed … |
| 3 | I gave the old man a tip , and soon Mrs M. and I were speeding back to Ballina . |
| 4 | I were tidying up at half past six this morning . |
| 5 | The Clown was racing alongside and Lollo and I were showing off to him whooing and waving . |
| 6 | I felt quite calm again , as divorced from my own immediate problems as if I were coming out after seeing a particularly absorbing film . |
| 7 | One November afternoon Leithen and I were coming home from a ride . |
| 8 | My start was beginning to let me down around this time — Ron and I were concentrating more on my pick-up — but I had the satisfaction of beating Calvin Smith quite comfortably . |
| 9 | Late afternoon yesterday , my family and I were going up to Dunkil to visit the Bible class who About a dozen deer and one or two stags high on the hill . |
| 10 | He were parked up there well every coalman I 've pulled him about this coke stuff and I 'd seen him other day and I pulled him , explained that I were going over on April first |
| 11 | It was a hurried occasion , as we were all going to catch a train : the same train , as it turned out , for Donald and I were going home to Oxford , and Ivy and Margaret were going with Herman Schrijver — the Dutch interior decorator who became the closest of her men friends — to spend a week at Woodstock , and walk in the park at Blenheim . |
| 12 | Ken Pitt : ‘ It was 1968 and David and I were going across to Germany quite often to do television shows and on one occasion , the producer whose name was Gunther Schneider , asked us if David would be interested in doing a half-hour programme with him . |
| 13 | After a while , the numbness I 'd experienced after the press conference set in , and I felt again as if I were talking not about John and me , but about two different people . |
| 14 | A form arrived with the instruction ‘ State exactly how loss occurred ’ , and I wrote ‘ Lord Haig 's dog Wasp and I were sitting together on a sofa when I discovered he was eating my sweater ’ with the gravest doubts that I would be believed . |
| 15 | Last night he and I were sitting silently in the kitchen at about midnight , when Heathcliff came home . |
| 16 | Yes I was looking around for your dog |
| 17 | As a producer ‘ Space Oddity ’ was very important to me as it was only my second or third record and I was looking forward to seeing David play it live . |
| 18 | I was looking forward to a couple of hours of vigorous strolling in the company of what I assumed would be a garrulous , suitably eccentric English guide . |
| 19 | ‘ I was looking forward to the ride . |
| 20 | I was looking forward to starting and I could n't wait to get home and tell Mum about it . |
| 21 | I was looking forward to being a guest in Ireland for the first time , instead of merely a paying guest . |
| 22 | ‘ I was looking forward to the film because there is a beginning and an end , and I knew where the character was going . ’ |
| 23 | I was looking forward to the film because there 's a beginning and an end , and I knew exactly where the character was going . |
| 24 | I SUPPOSE a lot of people are waiting to greet the first cuckoo of spring , but I was looking forward to the first hedgehog of spring . |
| 25 | Vivien had been up at St Hugh 's , so I was looking forward to her being an excellent guide . |
| 26 | No , I was looking forward to the Open because I 'd been stationed at Formby for my army service and I was anticipating meeting all my old friends from that time . |
| 27 | The wood opposite was smoking with dusk again and I was looking forward to seeing the orderly , when my door was opened and I was told that I would be moved across to the main camp at once . |
| 28 | It was the first time that I had been picked to run in an individual event against the USA , and I was looking forward to it . |
| 29 | But Ted was OK : I was looking forward to seeing him . |
| 30 | I was ( I think you will understand ) initially dubious about a single 10″ driver in such a small box really delivering the goods ( especially with the lower notes on my 5-string ) but was certainly intrigued by the cabinet design , so I was looking forward to giving the little beast some stick on a couple of gigs … |