Example sentences of "i [was/were] doing [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mine went up with , you know let's face it if I was doing sixty mile an hour it would be doing just over six grand . |
| 2 | at the time , I said we were , I was doing sixty hours a week in me car , we were doing six nights a week cabaret and he was driving all day |
| 3 | when I was doing that bit of collecting you know , and the people next , either side they 'd bought these council houses , you know , it 's a shame really |
| 4 | While I was doing that sentence my other case for running a brothel and living off immoral earnings came up . |
| 5 | I think if one looks at life and says : ‘ If I was doing that job , what are the conditions I would like to work in ? ’ , and then put them into operation , people will probably think it 's about right . |
| 6 | Er well I was doing all kinds really there was a staff then and of servants but I was lo I was er looking after the old lady more than anything . |
| 7 | You say how do you know I was doing forty miles an hour ? |
| 8 | Then I could show the Star Council I was doing important work . |
| 9 | ‘ Clarice Cliff was a hard taskmistress — I had to report to her every day — but she took great interest in the progress of young trainees and her husband , Colley Shorter , the chairman of her company , arranged for me to take day classes at Newcastle College of Art when I was doing National Service with the RAF stationed in Northumberland , ’ he recounted . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew that I was doing evil things , but I could not stop myself . |
| 11 | Oh yes you told me this that I was doing hard labour and he said I was building the building . |
| 12 | I was doing 20 hours … |
| 13 | ‘ I was doing fine art , fashion and textiles in the sixth form . |
| 14 | I wish I was doing more hours , though really , cos like , I got to take the whole day for it , |
| 15 | But I did learn that when I was doing full-scale removals . |
| 16 | So I went back into the spare room , I was doing some ironing which was on the you know and the next minute the phone went ! |
| 17 | This was a disappointment , since I had been striving even more to acquire expertise in Italian affairs , and I was doing some propaganda work for the BBC , some of which was ‘ beamed ’ to the Arab population of Libya . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I was doing some commentary on our clubcall line and when we equalised , considered analysis went out of the window . |
| 19 | ‘ He asked me what I was doing last night , and then one or two questions about mother . ’ |
| 20 | That 's what I was doing last night . |
| 21 | The stuff I was doing last night . |
| 22 | No , for that job I was doing last night . |