Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I were looking at your feet but |
| 2 | Tal talking about pensions Tom , the chap er cha with the office girls and that and , and checking our expense sheets , he , he er they put a notice on the board you could ante your what , in your pension , you could a put a bit more into it and I were looking at notice and he says ooh he says it 's no good for you , he says er w well I told you about it did n't I ? |
| 3 | I noticed , I were looking at prices , they 're all different prices . |
| 4 | I were looking at that one |
| 5 | Cos I were looking at Steve 's . |
| 6 | Afterwards ( another former Lancaster student ) invited me home to tea , and in the evening , and I were entertained at home by |
| 7 | I apprehend however that it would be disappointing to you — I ca n't think why — if I were to stop at this point . |
| 8 | If Paul or Erlend or I were to die at Siward 's hand , you would feet as he does . |
| 9 | I 'll tell you what two years since I were working at collieries . |
| 10 | I have tried to explain why the hon. Member for Gateshead , East and I were talking at cross purposes . |
| 11 | Last week I was gutted at the sale of Batts , but last night I was so happy that the scum failed . |
| 12 | I was going mad : my mum was swearing at me , I was swearing at her ; finally I just lost my temper and said . |
| 13 | Kay was the name that I was called at home , my middle name , one of my father 's names , and I knew that Kay , the boy in The Snow Queen , was me , who had a lump of ice in her heart . |
| 14 | He must have sensed that I was looking at him , he suddenly glanced at me out of the corner of his eyes and , still cleaning the mess tin with his finger , he said quietly , ‘ Why are you staring at me like that , Piper ? |
| 15 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 16 | Well , I called in there today for cigars and I saw this young woman ; and you remember the one that was in the sweet shop , she was so nice and obliging ; well I thought I was looking at her twin . |
| 17 | Then abruptly I was looking at him , seeing him , because he 'd put my dreams back on top of the bag and he 'd got his head stuck down on his knees and his shoulders were shaking . |
| 18 | I was looking at Picasso and Braque , Dali and Surrealism . |
| 19 | ‘ I was looking at the sky . ’ |
| 20 | At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat . |
| 21 | Upon opening the Carlton Standard 's case , and after being initially overjoyed that I was n't looking at yet another Strat derivative , I must admit that my aesthetic values were backed into a corner while I tried to work out exactly what I was looking at . |
| 22 | So I was looking at the slide sitting on the strings , and looking at the major third on the fretboard , and then I said , ‘ If only I could get this note here . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I was looking at a muzzle shooting at me and I was quite content . |
| 24 | ‘ I was looking at him like I had done a million times and suddenly I saw his shoulder twitch slightly , ’ she said . |
| 25 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 26 | Dr Sommerville , accompanied by a group of junior doctors ( the National Heart was considered a teaching hospital ) told me : ‘ I was looking at your case notes yesterday evening and I know exactly what the answer is — a transplant . ’ |
| 27 | I was looking at Picasso and Braque , Dali and Surrealism . |
| 28 | We went to this very flash restaurant and I was really nervous , you know the feeling — anyway blood was rushing , and I was looking at the menu — my French is pretty good — and I thought I 'd fancy a pork cutlet . |
| 29 | In fact , barn owls are reckoned to be one of the hardest breeds to hand-rear and train , and they are n't recommended for beginners — though I did n't know that then , What I did know was that I 'd probably lost the battle with this owl before I 'd started : I suspected he would be impossible to train , but I was so hooked on the idea of having my own bird that I could hardly drag myself away when I was looking at him . |
| 30 | These birds come from America , so they are difficult to get hold of and I had the added problem that I was looking at the end of the breeding season . |