Example sentences of "[was/were] i [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well have you been reading in paper , what were I reading ? |
| 2 | But were I marking his inaugural effort for its calm sobriety , I fear my assessment would be beta minus . |
| 3 | Oh sorry , was I beginning to bang on a bit ? ’ |
| 4 | She writes : ‘ I have enjoyed my university career enormously and felt that only then was I beginning to live ’ . |
| 5 | And there was I thinking it was the chow mein we had on the flight . ’ |
| 6 | What was I thinking about ! ! |
| 7 | What was I expecting ? |
| 8 | Only gradually was I learning to adjust ; learning to take some pleasure in their twofold existence — . |
| 9 | Whom was I speaking to ? |
| 10 | And I tell you what , what else was I wanting to say ? |
| 11 | Was I smelling the trees … or something else ? |
| 12 | I had always been appalled by the ease with which men seemed able to separate sex and love and now here was I building a high wall around myself and saying , ‘ I will let you into my body but stay out of my mind . ’ |
| 13 | But I remember I 'd got a box on my mantlepiece erm not only was I using the pessaries but I was also taking these when the period was due . |
| 14 | Last night I was sitting er what was I watching ? |
| 15 | Had I left the Golden Turk to commit murder , or was I telling the truth about being drugged and placed in Ralemberg 's garden after the dreadful crimes had been committed ? |
| 16 | Was I taking Emma 's photograph ? |
| 17 | Her Memoirs ( 1810 ) mention the writing of fiction obliquely ( ‘ was I soaring into the airy regions of fiction , I would quickly change the theme ’ ) , but do not mention any of the novels ascribed to her . |
| 18 | to actually create the right learning environment for them , there were a thousand little details that I had to attend to , like had I planned my lesson right , was I progressing in the right way round the classroom , had I remembered to chase up certain people 's homework , and stuff . |
| 19 | What was I differentiating to finish up with that weird looking thing ? |
| 20 | It had dawned on me that not only was I leaving the comfortingly familiar surroundings of primary school but that I no longer had any influence whatsoever on the other pupils at the school which I had had before but I was to be demoted to ‘ the annoying first year ’ . |
| 21 | Basically you will listen for maybe seven minutes then you switch off for two minutes then you switch on again and then you try and think well what was I listening to seven minu well you know , three minutes ago what was probably said in the last two minutes . |
| 22 | Who was I kidding ? |
| 23 | I pulled my scarf tighter and shivered ; who was I kidding ? from the top of the rise a torch flashed twice . |
| 24 | Was I getting hormones again ? |
| 25 | ‘ Nor was I hinting for a guided tour . |
| 26 | She did n't wish to interrupt my work , she knew I was researching ( that must have been Colette ) , but how was I settling in ? |
| 27 | ‘ And there was I imagining that underneath that hostile exterior there was a girl who really held me in high esteem . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Was I imagining things , or was there a definite hint of electricity in the air between you and the dashing doctor ? ’ |
| 29 | Following the laughter C , who apparently can not see the photograph , asks " what was I wearing ? " : her London English response to the Creole comment which elicited the laughter . |
| 30 | ‘ Was I singing something ? ’ |