Example sentences of "was [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean technically we do have an entitlement to visits in that Janet was was reminding me the other day that that we said , when Deborah was here , that everybody was entitled to four visits a year . |
| 2 | Lizzie had bought the kind of steak he liked and now he was cooking it the way he wanted . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt as though I was announcing it the whole time : by the way I watched you , and talked to you , and could hardly manage not to touch you — stroke your head , brush your arm , hold your hand … . |
| 4 | I just wan na find out who was writing them the letters and then I can finish . |
| 5 | This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress . |
| 6 | Erm , I was erm , put on just for in ninety seventy three and your question that you 're asked was and from nineteen seventy three till three years ago erm I know took my causes , I trust , put my trust in the doctors and erm over all those years I did n't realize that it was actually the tablets that was causing me the mental illness . |
| 7 | The doctor was paying her the ten shillings , she could afford to be friendly . |
| 8 | ‘ Who was selling her the stuff , this same man ? ’ |
| 9 | She was tellin' me the ovver day she wants Fred ter try an' get that empty 'ouse next door ter make the place bigger . |
| 10 | Thank you very much indeed for the smelly duck — or should I say scented , it is such a nice smell ! — and for the pretty scarf which , you may be surprised to hear , Mark admired when I was wearing it the other day though he had n't realized it was new and from you ! |
| 11 | His narrow victory at Mosport over Regazzoni put the two men equal on points with one race to go at Watkins glen , with Scheckter still in with an outside chance , and when Rega retired , Emerson settled in behind Reutemann , Pace and Hunt for the fourth place which was to give him the championship . |
| 12 | If she wanted Lori gone then the quickest way was to give her the coffee she 'd asked for . |
| 13 | I was teaching them the fine art of drinking Tequila Slammers , one of the fastest ways of getting spifflicated known to man . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're likely to charge him over the weekend , so Gerry was tipping me the wink there 's no story for us . |
| 15 | She was berating me the whole time . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
| 17 | I was doing it the other day yes . |
| 18 | Jean was asking me the other day , and really , you 've told me next to nothing . |
| 19 | Bobbie looked surprised , because just for a moment she thought Peter was giving her the engine . |
| 20 | And with that sarcastic tone she had always disliked he said he was giving her the answers : he ha.i acquired a duplicate set of keys to help in his research for Eliot . |
| 21 | And from what she could see of him , which was not much , he was giving her the coldest of stares . |
| 22 | Swinging himself into the saddle , Guy turned Chalon 's head towards Winchester and began to consider the various means whereby he could ensure that Isabel belonged to him while he was giving her the time she needed . |
| 23 | At 60,000 feet it was harder to tell which was giving me the better high : the puppy poo , the Beastie Boys album or the Cessna . |
| 24 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 26 | Now he s he thought he was giving me the same stuff , I did n't know what I was on , all I knew was I felt twice as bad . |
| 27 | The navigator was giving me the countdown ; as soon as the needles on the oil-temperature gauge started moving I would be off , making sure I took-off on time as this would be vital for the rest of the squadron . |
| 28 | On that morning I was giving them the latest news of Nigel . |
| 29 | My own advertising was giving them the the service and the quality . |
| 30 | Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last , he readily accepted . |