Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In some ways Donaldson realised that it was he that was actually doing all the learning-Bobo was using a vocabulary that she 'd already acquired , whilst he was struggling to adapt himself to it . |
| 3 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
| 4 | It had grounds for such fears , since it was struggling to legitimize itself as the Palestinian representative and did not wish this to be challenged by any independent local movement . |
| 5 | ‘ I was phoning to thank you for getting me out of police headquarters . ’ |
| 6 | I was demanding a big rise in salary , just to prove my worth ; and Andrew was refusing to give it to me , as a matter of principle . |
| 7 | This man she 's married finally came to his senses , but he was refusing to marry her at one point . |
| 8 | As Tolstoy himself concedes , in The Minister and the Massacres ( p 44 ) : Neither Gen Krasnov nor any other old emigre was seeking to extricate himself from sharing whatever fate attended those of their comrades who were in the equivocal position of being Soviet citizens . |
| 9 | Unconsciously perhaps Jeanne was seeking to free herself from her narrow and oppressively respectable bourgeois family . |
| 10 | She was deciding to devote herself to supporting him as he leapt from one peak to another . |
| 11 | Gabriel had cut inside the turn and was racing to meet them on their other flank . |
| 12 | For a moment , Implexion thought she meant their affair and was attempting to push it into the realms of firm commitment . |
| 13 | During September there were signs that Jordan was attempting to distance itself from Iraq in order to restore relations with its former allies in the Gulf . |
| 14 | I think Lane was attempting to intimidate me in relation to his further questions , answers to which might otherwise be critical of the police , and in this he partly succeeded . |
| 15 | Before the Tate/LaBianca murders happened , however , Charles Manson was attempting to make it as a rock star . |
| 16 | The hoverspeeder , its motors still idling , was attempting to wedge itself into the hole in the wall which Daak must have made with the vehicle 's front thrusters . |
| 17 | To be frank I was going to give her to you to break in . ’ |
| 18 | For a moment , I thought he was going to hit me with the shoe ; then he dropped it on the floor and began to pull at my clothes . |
| 19 | Procter 's anger at this annoyed Lloyd so much that he told his captain he was going to hit him over the pavilion ; and he did just that — next ball . |
| 20 | She sounded pleased to say it and Tug stared at her , with a wild hope that she was going to explain everything to him . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , hopefully , it 'll all be sorted out by now ; Jennifer was going to explain everything at home . ’ |
| 22 | I thought he was I thought he was going to do something to himself . |
| 23 | They 've been putting pressure on this chap Morris to renew Sykes 's fellowship , and the clincher is he was going to do it on Monday . ’ |
| 24 | I was going to call her into my office but I thought that would be a little heartless . ’ |
| 25 | There was also fear that he was going to punish her in some unpleasant way for Jason 's actions , and other , deeper fears that even now she refused to acknowledge . |
| 26 | And the person who was going to lead them to this golden opportunity was the new driving force who had come to the fore and already earned himself the nickname of ‘ the Eddie Shah of News on Sunday ’ — Chris Walsh . |
| 27 | ‘ I was going to spend it with David in Bristol . |
| 28 | No , I was going to say what about the one about five sticky buns in the baker 's shop , do you know that one ? |
| 29 | I was going to say something for John . |
| 30 | He was going to say something about their kiss and his reaction to it , and she did n't think she wanted to hear it . |