Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I were just pretending to him , because I ai n't really full of beans . |
| 2 | I were only saying to a lady this morning about ee aye our Emma used to come to Leyland with a a wad of ten shilling notes new and we 'd go to er Southport would n't we ? |
| 3 | I do n't know why , but it seemed important to me to establish that we have n't any fuse-boxes ( and indeed we have n't ) , but she would n't allow this and was quite stern with me about it as if I were deliberately lying to her . |
| 4 | ‘ Peggy , the only bird ah want the noo ( I was again reverting to the vernacular ) is you . ’ |
| 5 | I was clearly going to be on the phone for a long time . |
| 6 | I was busily listening to these subliminal hisses of disapproval when Alison Kraemer appeared at my elbow . |
| 7 | ’ I was mostly reporting to that woman leader , Sergia ’ |
| 8 | I was managing to put our disastrous marriage behind me , and I was even getting to the stage where I could look forward to the future . |
| 9 | And so erm I mean , she knows but , I was just wanting to , to start flowers but |
| 10 | ‘ I was just tryin' to be a help , ’ sniffed Granny Morkie . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I always thought I was just trying to be abstract , in some form or fashion , just trying to get something different . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I was just trying to be hard or something . |
| 13 | I was just trying to be funny , like Ben . |
| 14 | In English I was I was just listening to music . |
| 15 | ‘ I was just talking to my bookie , ’ he said crisply , which was the way he treated money troubles . |
| 16 | ‘ I was just talking to myself . |
| 17 | Well I was just talking to Jean about that today , I mean I we 've got ta keep on doing it but , I think that |
| 18 | And er , I was just talking to her and that 's all I can remember . |
| 19 | So do I and I was just talking to her downstairs and I was asking her like the differences between here and the States , you know the boar cos she was in a boarding school before , and she was saying erm how you know just generally the people are nicer and the blokes talk to you not just because you 're cos they |
| 20 | Oh is that I was just talking to man . |
| 21 | ‘ I was just explaining to Michael here about your notes , ’ Simmons interjected , to her relief . |
| 22 | This is the great hall which is which is although it looks finished is actually by no means finished , I was just explaining to Mike we still need a go there , we still need a table there , we need all the windows to be done and we need three thousand pounds for that window . |
| 23 | ‘ I was just going to bed when the police came . |
| 24 | I was just going to sa , er ask the question if it 's not more celebrated by expatriate Scots ? |
| 25 | I was just going to , when a guard caught hold of me . |
| 26 | I was just going to bed , he said . |
| 27 | I was just going to … ’ |
| 28 | I was just going to the exit door when I saw the young girl s standing at the second bedroom , crying . |
| 29 | I was just going to our Pam when you come in and of course Joe was saying what 's that like and I never . |
| 30 | I was just going to bingo . |