Example sentences of "i [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tal talking about pensions Tom , the chap er cha with the office girls and that and , and checking our expense sheets , he , he er they put a notice on the board you could ante your what , in your pension , you could a put a bit more into it and I were looking at notice and he says ooh he says it 's no good for you , he says er w well I told you about it did n't I ? |
| 2 | I felt as if I were drowning in sleep . |
| 3 | And this policeman , I were coming down Lane off over the hump back bridge . |
| 4 | Apparently Alice had told her that I were going to town with them |
| 5 | A friend and I were driving in spring to Crarae gardens near Inveraray so I could salivate over the rhododendrons , but we grew tired of travelling at seven miles an hour behind clods in caravans and on reaching the Rest And Be Thankful pulled into the side to wander about at the base of Beinn an Lochain . |
| 6 | Oh that 's where I were banging on wall ? |
| 7 | After several days of rain , my wife and I were praying for sun . |
| 8 | After several days of rain , my wife and I were praying for sun . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst . |
| 10 | Gillian and I were falling in love and you 'd think we 'd have wanted to be by ourselves all the time , gazing into one another 's eyes and holding hands and going to bed together . |
| 11 | Something in all three of us knew that this was a one-off , that this was a first and last summer , because there would n't be another time when Gillian and I were falling in love as opposed to just being in love or whatever . |
| 12 | Yes , I should know if I were falling in love , she thought . |
| 13 | I have tried to explain why the hon. Member for Gateshead , East and I were talking at cross purposes . |
| 14 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 15 | I was looking for space for something , I 've forgotten what it wa Oh I had a big spreadsheet |
| 16 | I never wilted and was proud of my fighting qualities when I was looking for survival and happy for any form of success . |
| 17 | ‘ I was looking for engineering companies to invest in and manage , ’ he says . |
| 18 | And I did n't want to have that 'cause I was looking for respect for me but also for my area of work and it was an absolutely deliberate act . |
| 19 | These are the one 's I was looking at look , seven ninety nine , yeah , . |
| 20 | But I was looking at immensity . |
| 21 | So I did n't make a loss but I did n't make a profit on the bit of space that I need that I was using for storage cos I thought it was only fair to the poor bloke . |
| 22 | I did his tape copy on the machine I was using for echo and it was switched to vari-speed , so the copy was played at almost half the speed and when he got it home and wanted to play it to his friends , it sounded rather strange . |
| 23 | I played along , saying I was acting on behalf of Boot-in Inc . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh hello , ’ said Mr Willis , with great presence of mind , ‘ I was calling on behalf of the Conservative Party … ‘ |
| 25 | My hand hurt just as much and now I was shivering with cold . |
| 26 | Round about Camden , I was drifting into sleep when the driver slapped his thigh and said ‘ Well , I do n't know , I do not know . ’ |
| 27 | For I was shrieking with laughter at some of the unintentional one-liners and an alien about as terrifying as E.T . |
| 28 | I was listening to music and he . |
| 29 | The other side of that is that I was listening to Medicine Now on Radio Four , and they 've got a device where they you actually have er an earpiece put into your ear and it clicks continuously . |
| 30 | I was listening to Radio 5 and Leeds had had 3 good chances after 5 mins . |