Example sentences of "i was play [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was playing guitar in a group which I ran for a while , and then had some success with a couple of singles . |
| 2 | ‘ But I only stuck that for a couple of weeks , ’ he says , ‘ for I was playing guitar at a party one night in Cleveland , Ohio , and he said there were easier ways of making money out there than working the building sites . |
| 3 | We spent beyond our means when I was playing Test cricket before and earning good money . |
| 4 | I was playing loads of rave music , and at the end they were begging us not to go off because it was the first time they 'd ever heard it properly . |
| 5 | I was playing jackstones in the street when Nelly Mitchell ran up with the news that she was going for the midwife . |
| 6 | And I was supposed to phone my dad to tell him what time I was playing racquet . |
| 7 | When I was playing rugby and I hurt my thumb she actually lent me a very expensive Jaeger coat to keep me warm . |
| 8 | Sir , — This correspondence ( ‘ Call for fresh air , not tea … answered by the taxman ’ , p 7 ) reminds me of an occasion some years ago when I was playing hockey for Ilford against Old Loughtonians . |
| 9 | Probably , I do n't know actually it 's really weird it keeps going it went once and I was playing hockey , it was really embarrassing I 'd just played the ball |
| 10 | ‘ When I originally started with them I was playing bass on three or four songs . |
| 11 | ‘ I was playing football , ’ he insisted . |
| 12 | One day , a year or so after I had landed at Heathrow , I was playing football in the playground , chasing the ball over the yard in the way of primary school kids , when a teacher , Mr Wright came up to me . |
| 13 | A quarter of a mile , and plenty of stops later , I was hauled out of the water by my dripping father , who reminded me we had to go to Kirton , where I was playing football . |
| 14 | : I was playing football on the playing field at HMS Ganges when suddenly a long bugle call playing the Still sounded from the tannoy system . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , I was playing gigs on the club circuit in Milwaukee . |
| 16 | ‘ I was playing basketball and football for high school , the Belleville Tigers , in Detroit . |
| 17 | I just wish I did n't feel I was playing albatross to your Ancient Mariner . ’ |
| 18 | Anyway it 's doing feel hundred per cent worse you know but erm I got the , I had quite and when you come I was , I was playing peepo with my jumper were n't I ? |
| 19 | I 'd lost my appetite , I did n't want a drink and I was playing Frankie Goes to Hollywood ( am I the only one who bought their second LP ? ) very loudly on Armstrong 's in-cab sound system . |
| 20 | I was playing bowls with him when the Great Armada was spotted off Lizard Point and the beacons along the south coast flared into life . |
| 21 | Britain went on to beat Israel 4–1 at Eastbourne to regain their World Group status and Bates added : ‘ I was playing number two to John Lloyd in singles and that was great for me . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It was great for doing Wes Montgomery , but at the same time I was playing Hendrix and Bloomfield and all kinds of stuff on this poor old hollowbody — and I was using Marshalls as well ! |
| 23 | You play two leagues , were they , were they two leagues ? when I , when I was playing pool we played in the Tuesday league and the Thursday league |
| 24 | Every day I was sent a secret report by the Chief of Police , and the next afternoon I was playing cards with Fritz when Sapt brought it in . |
| 25 | ‘ I was playing piano , for free , at the Premise Club in Greenwich Village . |