Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [v-ing] [coord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was drawing and I read and and I played with toys and I read this game |
| 2 | " I was passing and I looked in . |
| 3 | ‘ I was passing and I thought I 'd just pop in and see how you were . ’ |
| 4 | The other thing I wondered when I was watching the video , you sat there at one stage , while I was writing and I thought , I thought , what are you thinking ? |
| 5 | and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never . |
| 6 | And this morning she jumped on my neck and I was sleeping and I woke up , you know what she does while she 's doing it ? |
| 7 | I , put me in a detention centre because I was shoplifting and I did n't like it there so I left ! |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't ask ; I told Gina where I was going but I 'd better not stay too long . ’ |
| 9 | Without noticing its onset I found that I was crying and I went on crying until I slept . |
| 10 | But I would if I ever got a job and I was working and I had to make a casserole or something . |
| 11 | I used to do that when I was working and I had to leave at half four , used to do our kids , see when that clock gets to nine waken me I 'm fucking cold out our Ashley said mummy it 's after nine |
| 12 | One of my best-known remarks was when I was Chancellor and Geoffrey Howe was my opponent , and he made a rather damaging criticism of what I was doing and I did n't want to spend time on that . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't know she was smoking and I do n't know where she was getting the money from , ’ said her mother . |
| 14 | I could see she was smiling and I marvelled once again at how much the eyes can say . |
| 15 | and up the steps out of the underground there was this lass there and I , I ca n't help it I mean I 'm always aware of the fact of having this twenty five year old child , so offspring and there was a girl roughly about his age or slightly younger and she was grey you know that translucent look your skin gets when you 're not eating properly you know that grey sort of pallor and I had an overnight bag in one hand and a briefcase and a handbag in the other and I remember I walked past her and she was begging and I had gone to the sleeper and I 'm sitting there and I 'm thinking you bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep , you could of put briefcase down , overnight bag down , handbag down and got some money out . |
| 16 | So umm we was chatting and I said oh it 's your birthday on Sunday . |
| 17 | He raised with me certain personal problems that he was facing and I asked him to come to my regular constituency surgery to discuss matters in more detail . |
| 18 | Erm he was speaking and I think she was singing ! |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not sure what he was expecting and I do n't think he was either . |
| 20 | Of his talk with Mr Yeltsin , Mr Clinton said : ‘ We just talked about what he was doing and I said I supported democracy and free-market economics in Russia . ’ |
| 21 | But he was turning and I did n't hit straight . |
| 22 | He said on the one hand he was agreeing with you , right that i it does n't matter how good a cyclist you are it 's the fucking car drivers , nine times out of ten , that cause the accidents on and then , on the other hand he was saying but I do n't see I I ca n't se ever see myself coming off you know , he 's fucking stupid ! |
| 23 | I also listened to Mr I did n't understand what he was saying but I did listen to him er the bit that I did er catch was his denial that erm the revenue budget for Moat and Highfields was half a million well he 's quite correct because I 've got the figures here . |
| 24 | that bastard , did n't know where he was gon na , he was indicating but I did n't know whether he was gon na just go on or what he was gon na do . |