Example sentences of "[v-ing] [Wh adv] i be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't hear what he shouted , but I was pretty lucky I was n't run over , cos to tell the truth I was n't really looking where I was going . |
| 2 | Once I did this without looking where I was going and went straight into the backs of nine armourers who were ambling towards the Mess for supper , and had to be disentangled from my machine , picked up and dusted off , which they did with all the gleeful enthusiasm which Thursby reserved for drawing his heavy black frontal lines on our neatly drawn charts . |
| 3 | ‘ Sorry , not looking where I 'm going . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been left here holding the baby , jobless , practically penniless , worrying how I 'm going to meet mortgage repayments . |
| 5 | ‘ I was wondering when I was going to be let free to do the work of the Lord . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ So I stayed in Hong Kong , flew back and forth to New York , worked at Swift to keep myself busy , and fended off a lot of very annoying letters from my mother and sister , both incessantly wondering when I was going to come to Kenya and put myself through their combined emotional wringer . ’ |
| 7 | If you 're wondering why I 'm going Spanish , it 's 'coz of that wondrous soap , Eldorado . |
| 8 | After asking how I was getting on he told me something of the worries of a Party leader in days when there are no deep political convictions to divide men of good will . |
| 9 | Ron finally became angry and wrote me a letter asking when I was going to turn up for training . |
| 10 | County are in danger of suffering their second relegation in successive seasons , and Pavis said : ‘ People have been writing to me asking when I 'm going to sack the manager . ’ |
| 11 | In which case , it seems worth asking why I am considering them at all within the limited confines of this book . |
| 12 | I kept on , not knowing where I was going , stumbling in the darkness , |
| 13 | When she entered the room , she directed an unfriendly look at Harold — so far as I remember making no sound — and , seeing where I was sitting , directed a glance at me that , for anyone of lesser resolution , would undoubtedly have turned me into stone . |
| 14 | ‘ I was n't watching where I was putting my feet . |
| 15 | I was planning how I was going to spend the day ! ’ |