Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was upstairs bleeding the radiators , all air hisssss air whooshing out everywhere I thought I better check to see when I come in , that thing was full of water ! |
| 2 | I was on day duty with Jimmy Coutts and I was peacefully plotting a chart on the far side of the chart table , which was hidden from the entry door by the screen which ran nearly the length of the room . |
| 3 | ‘ I was simply taking a break , that 's all . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If you thought I was simply playing a little game , then you can think again , Aurora . ’ |
| 5 | I was simply making a comment at your your suggestions about the likelihood of development of the site . |
| 6 | ‘ I was simply making a point . |
| 7 | I was simply making the point that there is a cost in keeping a school desk empty — in St. Helens it amounts to about £1.5 million every year . |
| 8 | ‘ I was effectively providing the growth , ’ Ms Harris says . |
| 9 | Yeah , mm well I was just picking a bit out of it |
| 10 | I can remember being invited by him to Crystal Palace and I was just leaving the house , with my bag lovingly packed by my Mum , when the telephone rang . |
| 11 | , Well done , he 's right , no you were n't , I was just calling an order down to the lower basement . |
| 12 | I was just remarking the other day , I think I brought one of the first Land Rovers to the borders from Edinburgh . |
| 13 | ‘ I was just pushing the ball , my passing shots were not going too well . |
| 14 | ‘ I was just passing the door , orficer . |
| 15 | ‘ Not really , I was just enjoying the view . |
| 16 | That 's it , I said I was just telling the children well what happens if anything happened to Brian . |
| 17 | Exactly , I was just thinking the same thing . |
| 18 | Well it was a large double-fronted house and it was sand-bagged all round and there were tables and to er , administer , you know , wardens in the unevent of air raids which they used to do and they used to patrol the streets looking for lights to see if pe my nan actually got fined once cos she , she event inadvertently went into a room and put the light on and forgot she 'd left the curtains open and an air raid warden happened to be around she , she got hauled into court and fined five pounds for that , er she er I , I once I was just thinking the other day just telling a friend of mine , they had an actual practice air raid once and in some old buildings in the Burchells and we as kids had to go and lie in there and wait till we 'd got a tag on and what would happen to us a label and they took us to the first aid post in , an ambulance came and picked us up on a stretcher and took us to the first aid post in Road . |
| 19 | ‘ I was just getting a blow job from Michelle Pfeiffer . ’ |
| 20 | I think I was just getting a film . |
| 21 | ‘ I was just taking a walk . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I was just taking the dog for a walk . |
| 23 | I was just taking the children for a walk in the park . |
| 24 | ‘ I was just takin' the weight off my feet , Mr Berkley . |
| 25 | I did actually get over to work for them in 1968–70 and 1971 , but this story I am referring to was in 1967 when I was just paying a visit and was given a bed for the night in the hostel . |
| 26 | ‘ All right , I was just making the point . |
| 27 | no , no , I was just doing the front , he did behind those |
| 28 | ‘ I was just playing a game . ’ |
| 29 | I was just testing the camera so |
| 30 | I was just pressing the camera shutter when someone yelled ‘ Polar bear ! ’ and there , about twenty metres away on the head of the beach , was a bear standing watching us . |