Example sentences of "was [v-ing] you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is that the chap who was helping you move in the other day ? ’ |
| 2 | Glassfibre aggregate must be as hard-wearing as anything used now , and would n't it give you a warm glow to know that your old Saucy Sal was helping you speed to your new shining craft down the newly laid section of the motorway ? |
| 3 | Well I was allowing you time with your leg but we thought you 've got the telly on loud . |
| 4 | She became pregnant , it was at the ending of the War , when the War was ending you know . |
| 5 | he was far too close to it and he did n't see what was happening you see . |
| 6 | I did n't realise I was keeping you waiting . |
| 7 | Yeah they 're all nice nice girls you know this is like the other week we was here playing the other team and one of the other team was swearing you know , and particularly you know the girls in , might have not they have the they used to play for Black Bear and you know the that lady that 's up there , she still swears and we stopped her from here used to f this , f that and f the other , we did , we stopped her said if you ca n't find a better word than that to use I should n't bother , you know As you know Shirl do n't like that . |
| 8 | oh I was looking you see |
| 9 | I was imagining you sitting in the back anyway . |
| 10 | ‘ I wondered if perhaps he was training you to take over from him , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Think , oh well when we normally was paying you know , I think Jenny 's is something like |
| 12 | But she was cooking and she was going you take , she goes , she goes , some people like it a little bit on the side , you know , with their food , some people on the side . |
| 13 | Only thing I was screwing about was , she got my trainers all wet and I was going you bitch , they 're the only pair I got , the decent pair ! |
| 14 | cos , yes he was getting you know what I mean ? |
| 15 | cos that really was flying you know , that was , no , it was none of this fucking press a button and let the , just a computer do it , you 're a computer technician , you 're a pilot now , but this fucking Eddy , Eddy the , yeah real , there 's , there 's quite a few reputable |
| 16 | I was expecting you to go like this . |
| 17 | ‘ I was expecting you to deny it when Jones guessed , ’ Luke retorted . |
| 18 | " How extraordinary to hear you say that , " said Clara , " I was expecting you to say what all my other friends say , that I must clear out quick , be ruthless , cut all ties , leave her to it , live my own life . |
| 19 | I was expecting you to count , nobody says ten hundred . |
| 20 | So of er , resulted in a rather er , sad feeling in his father , the thought that actually his son was starting you started to by his son . |
| 21 | He was saying you taught , he , he taught him everything he knows ! |
| 22 | And they were saying that you do n't give , the local erm MP was saying you know people just give their kids up and walk away . |
| 23 | Yeah , and also he lives so far out and he was saying you know , Julie 's up in er in Birmingham , Andy 's up in Birmingham , he 's had no one to see , Eileen 's come back up to Birmingham he sees quite a lot of and er I think he 's just a bit lonely . |
| 24 | in The Sun and there he was was saying you know , no we virtually we do n't want anything to do with the queen and all that |
| 25 | I would never go out like what Tony was saying you know he does n't drink at all and like he 'd be in a pub maybe seven days a week but I would take a drink now and again and I might n't go into a pub once in a month maybe . |
| 26 | Yeah granddad I was saying you know when erm you know when Richard was saying it 's an insult to be called a cockney when he 's not a cockney . |
| 27 | He 's , yo I was saying you went there and you were n't impressed last time . |
| 28 | But he was saying you see , what 's happened is the they is n't his he just delivers them for the bloke |
| 29 | That 's what I was saying you see , that 's |
| 30 | still does n't fit and that 's the thing yeah I mean all this morning was saying you have n't seen under fire , they do n't stop and look around if they get down into cover he said how they suppose to know who 's firing or not ? , you know . |