Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was looking to see which way was the cleanest actually . |
| 2 | I think at the point where I was struggling to understand what I could do to help myself , I certainly was n't aware of anything called patient-centred medicine at that point , or group-activity in relation to health . |
| 3 | I also think he probably thought that it might help to ease the tension erm in Northern Ireland , whether it did or not I leave as an open debate and I do n't think there was just a single motive for President Clinton 's decision , but the one I was trying to demonstrate which was hit straight away was there was a domestic element , a des domestic political element in the decision . |
| 4 | Oh yes , do you know , I was trying to remember what it was you wanted from that place over in Homesdale , you , you know where I mean do n't you ? |
| 5 | I was trying to ask what was so specific about the period of 16 months . |
| 6 | She had n't written to me for several weeks and I was beginning to wonder what stage her marriage plans had arrived at , but was n't at all prepared for the news that greeted me . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought perhaps I was meant to notice what obviously I 'm not meant to notice . ’ |
| 8 | I was having a nervous breakdown and I had to decide whether I was going to spend the rest of my life hiding under a bed , or whether I was going to do what I wanted to do . ’ |
| 9 | I was going to ask what you 're doing . |
| 10 | Erm because I think what you 're doing 's far more valuable , and I was going to say what you sho what you er er perhaps a way forward is to confirm with heads of departments that they will be giving homework |
| 11 | No , I was going to say what about the one about five sticky buns in the baker 's shop , do you know that one ? |
| 12 | The journey home seemed to take longer than usual because by that time I was dying to see what presents I 'd receive . |
| 13 | I was dying to know what it was like . |
| 14 | Do n't you think it 's time I was allowed to decide what I want to wear for myself ? ’ |
| 15 | But in Using a Model for Nursing ( Roper et al , 1983 ) , the third year student nurse contributing to the study in a surgical ward , commented that the model approach helped her to appreciate the need for planned discharge goals ; even when admitting the patient , she was alerted to consider what the patient required to know on discharge in order to resume her usual Activities of Living . |
| 16 | Topaz was cautious , because she was beginning to understand what was wrong with Miss West . |
| 17 | She was trying to report what Thérèse told her and she got it wrong . |
| 18 | She eyed him , and he guessed that she was trying to decide what to say . |
| 19 | Something disturbed him ; something to do with children — and she was bursting to know what that was . |
| 20 | As Carolyn observes : ‘ I 'm not a terribly spiritual person but I do believe that she was meant to do what she is doing and she certainly believes that . |
| 21 | Mrs Tibbs looked out from behind the tall mirror she was carrying to see what the commotion was . |
| 22 | They were asked to outline what their parties aimed to do to boost the average income of farmers , which has fallen by 18pc to the lowest level since the 1939–1945 War . |
| 23 | David Redden , the senior vice president at Sotheby 's who arranged the loan said that Sotheby 's approached the society with the idea of giving ‘ them the breathing space they so desperately needed while they were trying to determine what they were going to do next for themselves … with the hope that other institutions will join in ’ . |
| 24 | Erm it was the way they sort of checked all the way round the car park as if they were looking to see which would be the best . |
| 25 | True , they were furious about Spain and England , but much more to the point , as redoubtable in-fighters , they were determined to do whatever lay in their power to ensure victory for themselves , by fair means or foul . |
| 26 | And as I as I told you before , we was on the main concourse , heard the glass smashed , we come down a stairwell on , come round the back , saw the two , or saw two persons in the back garden , asked them what they were doing buy which time the the curtain went up in smoke , well up in flames . |
| 27 | The late arrival by 13 minutes of three of their key players left Peterlee with too much work to do at Consett where they went down in a first division game by 91 points to 58 as they were left wondering what effect Ivor James , Gord Laing and Allen Quarmby might have had had they been there for the start . |
| 28 | Well , the point was as I recollect it , er that my understanding as far as the County Council 's case was concerned , was that er the village was not inset for E Ten purposes , it was inset to recognize what the County perceived as the physical reality of this being a substantial built-up area which fulfilled no greenbelt functions . |
| 29 | It was hoped to establish what factors were associated with good practice in collaboration . |
| 30 | It was to help discover which EC states had a salmonella problem and to improve controls throughout the EC . |