Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not as though I were writing a new book , ’ Elinor said crossly . |
| 2 | If I were wearing a next-to-nothing nightie and he was sitting on my bed , I 'd be having serious trouble breathing too ! |
| 3 | It 's the sort of ’ You stupid boy , stop trying to drown yourself ’ speech I can imagine I would deliver if I were dragging a recalcitrant lad back to land . |
| 4 | If I were interviewing a new act , I would try to ascertain their sheer punishment factor . |
| 5 | There was this rather famous instance where he had to scrub the floor while Pamela and I were having a long and involved discussion , but I was told that people could n't take their eyes off him . |
| 6 | The ribber tucked stitches because I was using a different colour — dyes can alter the tension quite considerably . |
| 7 | ‘ When I was working in Bishopsgate I was using a different method , ’ Dexter explained . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , I was using a few of them . |
| 9 | In 1988 , I was producing a major women 's conference at the Barbican and we needed a big bank of flowers . |
| 10 | Then I went to work in a five and ten , and gradually worked my way up until I was managing a general store . |
| 11 | I was eating a Milky Way and it collapsed . |
| 12 | Last night I dreamt I was eating a rubber NME . |
| 13 | I might enjoy sampling what I was touching a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 14 | His lordship was clearly enchanted by the whole business , Charlie was wearing the superior smile which always accompanied his demonstrations of lingual dexterity , and as for myself I was experiencing a mounting euphoria . |
| 15 | I was fishing a lovely pool , at Flemington , and saw Father park the car . |
| 16 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 17 | Gail was then a nursing supervisor of an Overseas Missionary Fellowship Home for retired missionaries and I was pursuing a high flying career selling shoes . |
| 18 | For just a few minutes out there I was holding a real live flesh-and-blood woman in my arms . ’ |
| 19 | I was wearing a blue woollen sailor 's hat as disguise . |
| 20 | The glamorous nightdress I 'd bought to wear for his visit was still lying in my locker and , instead , I was wearing a shabby old hospital gown . |
| 21 | It was early evening , about seven o'clock ; I was wearing a short skirt and no coat , because the weather was warm , and we were supposed to be going out . |
| 22 | I remember I had this one on my arm and we were we , I was wearing a short sleeved t-shirt and there was some Americans sat behind and I said , ca , I can just always remember one thing Gosh ! |
| 23 | and I 've also got one album erm with a few pictures in from when I was in Kenya which was in nineteen eighty four so , you know , if anyone wants to see what I looked like in there I had longer hair and I was wearing a white coat so they 're very welcome . |
| 24 | I was wearing a heavy overcoat and woollen gloves but the bust whipped its way right into my bones . |
| 25 | The first time I met my wife , I was wearing a fine blue jacket . |
| 26 | I was wearing a thick semi-dry suit and I was quite cold the water was cold and this was in June I was quite nervous and I was forever adjusting my buoyancy to achieve neutral buoyancy . |
| 27 | I was wearing a tight black one-piece , with hands and neck coloured Egertroic green , and artful of scarlet down my front to simulate the usual bloodstains . |
| 28 | I was wearing a large theatrical ring with an enormous ‘ emerald ’ surrounded by paste diamonds and he bent more closely to look at it . |
| 29 | Er anyway as I say er I realized when I 'd started talking er that I was digging a bigger and bigger hole for myself so I er I climbed out of it and and made an exit . |
| 30 | Instead , as I sat in my cabin moodily pouring another Freezobalm , I was facing a good chance of losing my valuable reputation as an interplanetary courier . |