Example sentences of "[Wh det] i [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My two realities were getting this thing done technically to technical excellence , which I was struggling with as I did n't know my stuff so well then , and also , managing to get a good performance out of David . |
| 2 | well so that 's how it 's pleaded and that 's how we built it into the , these cases which I was referring to where an agreement is the object or the , the means or the consequence of an agreement , they enforce within five , the action is unlawful and of course there 's the final and fourth way in which it could be devoured this , because it , and again quoting the words from the cases , tends to have restricted affect on the market , I think your Lordship you can see how we pleaded it in paragraph two , two , three , it 's enforcing the consequence of the unlawful underline previous . |
| 3 | And I discovered the language and size of the plays in which I was working with all their complexities . |
| 4 | Did n't know what I were gon na do with her . |
| 5 | That 's what I were gon na do . |
| 6 | He seemed to realize what I was getting at at last , and glanced round the ward at all the aged but fascinated faces turned in our direction . |
| 7 | And we stood there , me with a great big frown on my face , quite mystified that William could n't see what I was getting at … and William smiling but looking equally puzzled that I appeared to be incapable of understanding what he meant . |
| 8 | I 'd used dikes , DFs and things like that before , so I knew what I was getting into . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know what I was getting into , it sounded all right . |
| 10 | I found that sentence easier because I knew what I was getting into . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't realise what I was getting into , ’ he admits , ‘ but I do know that this will be by far the hardest thing I 've done in my life . ’ |
| 12 | What I was listening to myself on that . |
| 13 | Having established what I was looking into , my interlocutor would ask , ‘ And have you found anything which makes you believe it 's true ? ’ |
| 14 | Upon opening the Carlton Standard 's case , and after being initially overjoyed that I was n't looking at yet another Strat derivative , I must admit that my aesthetic values were backed into a corner while I tried to work out exactly what I was looking at . |
| 15 | What I was looking at was identical with the " White Cliffs of Dover " in England and the rolling plateau of Picardy in France , the quarries of southern Sweden and the cliffs of eastern Denmark . |
| 16 | I knew Penny Lane and it was , alas , enough Crilly , and when my father came one day and asked what I was looking at , I said Penny Lane and he stood for awhile and looked for awhile , while the roof held its breath it seemed and then he said , after all that standing and all that looking , he said , ‘ You 're right ’ , and hoisted me up upon his shoulders . |
| 17 | I can see part of Horse Guards Parade almost see myself standing there the other afternoon , looking up at these windows , still ignorant of what I was looking at . |
| 18 | Well what I was looking at this afternoon was your radiator comes through the floor . |
| 19 | on top of the telly , and say just put your foot on here a minute , now , they look quite thin now , but , that 's what I was looking at , yeah , cos her feet are fat , yeah , but they , that do like that do n't they ? |
| 20 | That 's what I was looking at . |
| 21 | ‘ This result is exactly what I was looking for , ’ Prost said . |
| 22 | ‘ This is what I was looking for , ’ he said , and opened it . |
| 23 | In this I may be vulnerable , for I was on the lookout for miracles and it was while watching Nancy , listening to her and eventually breaking my own icy shield and talking to her , that I came close to seeing what I was looking for . |
| 24 | I knew exactly what I was looking for , they had to be here somewhere , the one and only pair of knickers left uncontaminated in that disastrous load at the launderette , the stuff that had got washed along with that bargain-price bright-pink non-fast Indian-cotton mini-skirt from C&A . |
| 25 | They had already found what I was looking for , traces of gun oil , some brown dog hairs and minute traces of dead flesh . ’ |
| 26 | Finally , at one of the smaller institutes , one on the Restoration of Palaces , I found what I was looking for . |
| 27 | I had no idea what I was looking for and certainly no intention of starting on the filing cabinets . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't want the Russians on my track if they knew what I was looking for — just think what it would mean if it turned up now ? |
| 29 | By the way , I 've found what I was looking for . |
| 30 | … they brought their homework in and made a list of … aspects like their use of materials , time , care , etc … so they knew what I was looking for , and then I spoke to each child individually and asked ‘ What would you give this piece out of ten ’ and so we obviously had to define our assessment objectives . |