Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Never once , during our association , did they guess that I was using them to further my revenge against the Wolfkings . |
| 2 | I was promising myself to be very quiet , whatever it would be . |
| 3 | We had all heard rumours about the Legion 's paras , and I was holding myself to my vow made in the bathroom in Wales nearly ten years before . |
| 4 | Always I was comparing myself to others , watching other husbands , fathers and sons and invariably finding myself wanting . |
| 5 | She told Cathy she would pass on the eggs but would like croissants and coffee , and presently I was bringing them to her as she sat with eyes demurely downwards , studiously ignoring my existence . |
| 6 | To make sure that I was reading it to Bev right , but then you understand it 's a Connie letter do n't you ? |
| 7 | ‘ I thought I was getting you to . ’ |
| 8 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |
| 9 | ‘ Me wages are in there and I was taking them to me ma . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't say I was taking you to a hotel , ’ he replied evenly . |
| 11 | ‘ I was expecting it to be bad , but nothing prepared me for this ! ’ |
| 12 | Well I was expecting th Well I was expecting it to be the church hall you see . |
| 13 | ‘ I was asking you to be whatever you wished to be , cara . ’ |
| 14 | And er I was showing it to chap next to me , tall chap , he took a fatherly interest in showing me how to work you know when foreman was out and er ooh he said there 's a bloody Taffy . |
| 15 | Gaitskell became excited at the prospect and instructed me with great firmness that as soon as I had received the ‘ discovered ’ documents I was to show them to no one but to come straight to him , so that he should be the first person to know who the culprit was or what information was available that would lead to the culprit 's identity . |
| 16 | I was committing myself to a policy . ’ |
| 17 | I said to her , I was saying it to Mum earlier , if that was me with a family , I 'd wake up to the fact that you 're pa , I , I I , there 's too many here . |
| 18 | ‘ I suddenly felt that I was doing it to a bunch of people that actually understood what Lear 's pain was about , whereas I do n't standing on the stage at the National Theatre ’ : Brian Cox 's concerns about audience reactions and the nature of the dramatic experience are echoed by others . |
| 19 | Though she could never let him know it , he already possessed her heart ; if she were to give herself to him body and soul , at least the memories would be rich and ultimately fulfilling . |
| 20 | At one point Eva turned and gesticulated towards me , as if she were taking him to task for something he 'd done to me . |
| 21 | Sometimes her lips would move slightly , as though she were repeating something to herself . |
| 22 | She were giving it to dog ! |
| 23 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 25 | You were cheering them to . ’ |
| 26 | You were lending them to this one here . |
| 27 | However , if you were to help yourself to a reasonably generous helping of watercress as part of a salad meal , it is unlikely that your portion would weigh more than half an ounce . |
| 28 | okay , explain it to me in terms of , try and ex say if you were explaining it to someone who sort of was n't very technical . |
| 29 | try to paraphrase it as though you were explaining it to someone who does n't understand quite as much as you . |
| 30 | You were doing it to me . |