Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was bouncing her on my knee ’ |
| 2 | I was telling her about our need of somewhere to meet , and she said she would love to help us but that Mr. Olinton would n't hear of it . |
| 3 | I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having . |
| 4 | The other day I was telling her about something that had happened , crying as I told the story , and she started crying too . |
| 5 | I was telling her about |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | I was carrying her in my arms out of hospital . |
| 8 | If I 'm caught , I 'll say I was lifting her for myself . ’ |
| 9 | I was treating her like some harem favourite and she was repaying me in kind , except that any harem inmate who behaved with Lotta 's indiscretion would long since have been tied in a sack and dropped in the Bosporus ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You can go and see Mrs M , ’ said my mother and I wondered whether her sense of grievance towards me was inclining her to spite . |