Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] i [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether that was down to the powers that be I do n't know ; perhaps they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain about where I was put . |
| 2 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
| 3 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 4 | This afternoon you came to my office as if you were doing me a favour . |
| 5 | ‘ Th'did more for me when Garty were giving me a beating . ’ |
| 6 | I could not get over the fact that people were giving me the responsibility of telling them how to get me up , and that I could choose what time I went to bed ! |
| 7 | and she were telling me the guy that runs it wo n't let them talk to the customers , said that was pig ignorant surely |
| 8 | That place was costing me a fortune . |
| 9 | But what they did to me was give me a metronome and a theme which you play in quicker and quicker note values : triplets , eighths , sixteenths , and so on . |
| 10 | It was only a wolf-whistle — he was paying me a compliment . |
| 11 | So the retching was worrying me a bit . |
| 12 | She was tellin' me the ovver day she wants Fred ter try an' get that empty 'ouse next door ter make the place bigger . |
| 13 | Terry , of Brecon , added : ‘ Everyone was calling me a hero , but I was very wary of meeting the boss . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're likely to charge him over the weekend , so Gerry was tipping me the wink there 's no story for us . |
| 15 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 16 | At least it was giving me a weekend on my boat . |
| 17 | came across dry ginger one of my school girlfriends was giving me a recipe , which , for which one er fo for erm ginger beer |
| 18 | The navigator was giving me the countdown ; as soon as the needles on the oil-temperature gauge started moving I would be off , making sure I took-off on time as this would be vital for the rest of the squadron . |
| 19 | Perhaps the most useful thing she did was to teach me the language , so that in a few days I could speak it quite well . |
| 20 | We went the bank the other day and er the assistant manager was showing me a picture of his Range Rover . |
| 21 | He was showing me the ships that were lost in the battle . |
| 22 | She was telling me a bit about it . |
| 23 | Big Cassie was telling me a story about a couple of riveters that worked together , a family , brothers or cousins or something , and er she says that the guy was a riveter , he used to Maybe if the guy was on the inside holding , on the riveter on the outside this I 'm sure she said they were brothers , he would shout one of them from outside you know , shout his name and the boy would look through the hole you know , and he 's he would spit on him he would spit through the hole . |
| 24 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
| 25 | Somebody was telling me the Rocky was on R5 the other week & said that when he was with Arsenal & they won the league at Liverpool in the last few minutes , Arsenal were 13 ( ? ) points clear at the new year but still had to come from behind to overtake Liverpool ! ! ! |
| 26 | An attractive young blonde I had n't seen before was offering me a joint . |
| 27 | Chance , fate or whatever you want to call it was offering me the opportunity to finally get you out of my system . |
| 28 | He was offering me the trip of a lifetime , and all I had to do was take care of the meals . |
| 29 | Joe Meek 's last big hit was Have I the Right by the Honeycombs . |