Example sentences of "was [verb] my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was when I was resting my hand on her flank to steady her that I noticed the little swelling under the skin . |
| 2 | He was using my car to pick up another girlfriend at the airport . |
| 3 | I was using my car as a weapon . ’ |
| 4 | For instance , she never specifically said : ‘ Do n't blame your mother for everything ’ , but she made me understand that I was using my mother as an excuse for the fact that I was n't happy a lot of the time . |
| 5 | He believed an , as yet unidentifiable , soccer manager was using my house for adulterous purposes with a young female on his staff . |
| 6 | We were able to exchange ideas and opinions with them — so much so , that by the end of the day one archaeological student was using my detector over the spoil heaps , while I turned my hand to the ‘ trowel and brush . ’ |
| 7 | I slept badly and had a dream that was to confirm my fears about the ghost . |
| 8 | It was n't that I was doubting my faith or denying the reality of my becoming a Christian , but rather that , though I had genuinely believed ten years earlier , my commitment had been intertwined with the emotional comfort of sharing the beliefs and way of life of my family and certain friends . |
| 9 | ‘ I was given my budget . ’ |
| 10 | I was given my pre-op by a ‘ bank nurse ’ . |
| 11 | During the afternoon I was given my answer . |
| 12 | At the end of year nine it was make my mind up time on my GCSE options , there was no doubt which I wanted to take , drama , but my father had other ideas he thought a second language would be far more constructive . |
| 13 | Nick said : ‘ When doctors told me I would n't live past Christmas , my only wish was to see my sister get married . |
| 14 | An hour later I was fastening my safety-belt at LAX . |
| 15 | The story goes that , when she was nursing my sister , I said to her , ‘ Put that thing in the pram and come play with me . ’ |
| 16 | I was nursing my mug of tea with both hands and taking short sips of the very hot liquid when a Commando arrived at the trench , stating that he had come to take Sid 's place on the Bren gun . |
| 17 | Behind my back he was singing my praises . |
| 18 | However , I was wasting my time — my gaze slid across the surface of the pages like marbles on a shiny table-top . |
| 19 | I tried to tidy up a bit when I first came to work here , but I soon found out I was wasting my time . |
| 20 | Johnny was standing with his back to her , gazing blankly out of the window , but at her last words , he wheeled round and said sarcastically : ‘ Well , I was wasting my time , was n't I ? |
| 21 | It seemed the weather had beaten me and that I was wasting my time . |
| 22 | A straw St Bridget 's Cross hung over the door of the dark little room in which I was eating my breakfast next morning . |
| 23 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
| 24 | So that 's when I was eating my dinner , when they were going up for the cup and she fell asleep , well you know with the wine in you , here was my eyes all out for the count . |
| 25 | I was eating my , I was eating my supper when he started |
| 26 | A form arrived with the instruction ‘ State exactly how loss occurred ’ , and I wrote ‘ Lord Haig 's dog Wasp and I were sitting together on a sofa when I discovered he was eating my sweater ’ with the gravest doubts that I would be believed . |
| 27 | I was eating my tea that afternoon — they would n't let me go too — and I got called over to the Centre [ the prison officers ' operational centre within the prison ] . |
| 28 | I was always running up against her and being told that I had a shoelace undone , or my buttons needed polishing , or my hair was touching my collar , Airwoman ! |
| 29 | I should have kept my mouth shut because he manoeuvred his machine until it was touching my midriff . |
| 30 | More and more I was enjoying my evenings with Frank and Sarge , and it was great to be accepted warmly into such a compatible family . |