Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] [v-ing] [pron] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was just telling you that I reckon it was a good idea — to wait a day before going back to New York , ’ Carole repeated , smiling to herself at the other girl 's slightly abstracted expression . |
| 2 | I was only telling you that I 'm going to be busy , and would n't make a good companion for you . ’ |
| 3 | As I made these suggestions to her , I was continually reminding her that she was feeling very relaxed and comfortable and that she was in complete control of the situation and need do nothing ( even in her imagination ) that she did not choose to . |
| 4 | It was actually writing them that was the difficulty . |
| 5 | He was constantly reassuring himself that actions taken in the heat of the moment , and in response to his deepest impulses , possessed a visibly moral quality . |