Example sentences of "i [was/were] do [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paddy Ashdown and I were doing a walkabout in the main shopping precinct on the day after the election , when three small boys walked up to Paddy and asked , ‘ Ooh , are you David Rendel ? ’ |
| 2 | It is sometimes easier to proceed on the basis of : ‘ If I were doing the job this is how I would do it ’ , but this can be delusory even for analysts who have past experience as operators . |
| 3 | If I was to do a file combine add again . |
| 4 | He himself would put the fear of God into the professors of Königsberg and Breslau ; I was to do the same thing in Danzig . |
| 5 | I was to do the counting — up to a hundred ( I could n't count up to a hundred , I had to do it in tens ) and when I opened my eyes he 'd have disappeared . |
| 6 | There was an incident at the Albany Empire one December when I was doing a Solidarity benefit for an audience of worthies , like Sting . |
| 7 | ‘ I was doing a lay-out of a woman in a mink coat and I 'm trying to get the flesh tones right and I 'm asking myself : hey , how is it every time I do this it comes out wrong ? |
| 8 | I mentioned I was doing a bit of surfing myself . |
| 9 | ‘ I was doing a bit of eventing and show jumping , but always wanted to specialise in dressage . |
| 10 | ‘ I was doing a trip , coast to coast . |
| 11 | Climb up sunshine mountain I first learned this song about three years ago when I was doing a show for some of London 's police at Faringdon 's restaurant in London . |
| 12 | Next time I was doing a partial water change , I decided to investigate further , and took the piece of coral , complete with mushroom polyps , out of the tank , and working quickly to avoid damaging the polyps , cracked it in half with a cold chisel . |
| 13 | I spent a while some years ago just improving my chordal knowledge ; I just sat down and learned it , because I was playing with players who were a lot more advanced than I was , and because I was doing a lot of sessions and stuff . |
| 14 | My teachers were goin' ‘ Hey , why were n't you in school ? ’ and I was goin' ‘ Oh , I was doing a record with Michael Bolton ! ’ |
| 15 | My teachers were goin' ‘ Hey , why were n't you in school ? ’ and I was goin' ‘ Oh , I was doing a record with Michael Bolton ! ' |
| 16 | Then when I was doing a tour I recorded three of the nights and the results sounded good . |
| 17 | I was doing a radio series called Holiday Hour , he was producing Pick Of The Week . |
| 18 | I thought I was doing a good enough job against Southampton to stay on . |
| 19 | The pincurl technique came about when I was doing a show in America and I was landed with a model with hair down her back which was in a terrible state . |
| 20 | Years later , I was doing a scene where I had to murder my husband — it was a very dramatic scene and it was in the pit at the Royal Shakespeare Company , so it was just this tiny little theatre , with everybody sitting very close to you , and you can see everybody , and you can hear everything . |
| 21 | ‘ I was doing a thing about Club 18–30 for London Weekend telly . |
| 22 | I was doing a three-point-turn manoeuvre to get us back onto the road when he woke up , lifted his hat and mumbled : ‘ Where are we ? ’ |
| 23 | The other month I was doing a forest scene and found a wild boar someone had painted out . |
| 24 | I was doing a thesis on working-class education in the late nineteenth century at Chelsea College . |
| 25 | ‘ I was doing a solo . |
| 26 | ‘ Although I 've never thought about it if I was doing a job down here . ’ |
| 27 | Last year we were going to er a show at er and I was doing a modern arrangement and er , we were in Norman 's van . |
| 28 | I had taken a day off from my work , and I was doing a little gentle fishing in a river near Leithen 's house . |
| 29 | ‘ Funnily enough , I was doing a charity show two weeks ago to raise money for our local scouts and I had to sing it so I know there are four goolies in the song . ’ |
| 30 | Two days before the sack of Rome , I was doing a job on a Jewish fortune-teller working the Appian Way , and — ’ |