Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kevin and Marie and I were trying to organise them into tribes and wagon trains so we could do the film when Julie sauntered up . |
| 2 | … why am I writing all this out as if I were trying to assimilate myself to her ? |
| 3 | Well I were going to say i ca n't rest . |
| 4 | Shortly after my return , the Governor was to make a tour of Central Burma and it seemed a great opportunity for me to gauge conditions outside Rangoon , so I was invited to accompany him . |
| 5 | I was looking to see which way was the cleanest actually . |
| 6 | I was bound to find something somewhere . |
| 7 | Actually I was calling to confirm my little trip with Erika tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | I was I was tempted to sell it off cheap but I do n't want to sell it off too cheap cos it 's |
| 9 | I was tempted to call it a day there and then , pull over and have a kip , but my stomach reminded me that I had n't thrown it a bone since the ploughman 's at lunch-time , and it had been quite an eventful day . |
| 10 | A year ago I too was very miserable , because I was bored by the routine life of a country vicar , and I was tempted to change my profession . |
| 11 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I thought I was managing to hide it . ’ |
| 14 | In the first few days , too , I was made to realize my relative poverty . |
| 15 | And while I 'm on , there 's another thing I 'll say : I regret the day I was made to marry him . |
| 16 | ‘ That is exactly why I was sent to fetch you . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh curse/d spite , ’ she said aloud , ‘ that ever I was born to set it right . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I was born to bring her Undry , and that 's all I ever shall do ! |
| 19 | And every time I hear it , I think well I did n't know I was taught to say you and me . |
| 20 | No , I , I wo n't tell you how I was taught to do it because I was taught to do it very differently . |
| 21 | No , I , I wo n't tell you how I was taught to do it because I was taught to do it very differently . |
| 22 | I was taught to do it in first and use the accelerator . |
| 23 | I was given to understand it was an honour for me to have been invited , and I was very much on trial . |
| 24 | erm , but I mean I , I was given to believe he was full time he never said oh it 's so many days |
| 25 | When I when I was learning to drive it was oh , right at the August , September time |
| 26 | I do n't tell no lie , I was goin' to ask 'im for the loan of a bob so 's I could get to see this bloke that might be puttin' a bit of business in me way . |
| 27 | Having been aware of only detrimental media coverage of Prince Charles , I was heartened to read your profile in the January issue , which concentrated on his varied contribution to British life , especially his involvement with the conservation of the countryside . |
| 28 | In the present set-up I was comforted to know I held good cards . |
| 29 | Oh yes , I can see what you 've done , I tried to ring you and it said erm out of order , cos I was ringing to say I 'm coming to the bank this morning so I 'll pop in for coffee . |
| 30 | For amplification I 've got a Marshall 50 from 1979 which is nice but I was hoping to update it soon . |