Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [v-ing] [adv prt] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I was washing up and making the tea , then I progressed to collecting requests before I finally took the plunge and started doing my own programme . |
| 2 | The principles on which recovery and success have been based are those which , like so many others , I first began to understand for myself when I was growing up and trying to make my own way in the world . |
| 3 | I was still where I was going in and having to fight . |
| 4 | You know guys were bringing in deals I was going out and selling |
| 5 | I was going out and playing five nights a week and I realised I should be a hell of a lot better than I was . |
| 6 | Yeah I know , I do n't know whether she was going out or coming in but they got one there now and I think they th the one they got there now I do n't know whether the Corporation , that 's theirs or whether that 's put out to contract and I think that 's put out to contract now . |
| 7 | When they left it was clouding over and beginning to drizzle . |
| 8 | It was flying around and coming back again . |
| 9 | And then it was rolling over and doing all sorts were n't it ? |
| 10 | The problem is , they 've got this parametric EQ and when I first toured with it my guitar roadie could n't figure what was wrong , because it was cutting out and crackling . |
| 11 | Er it was it was great , it was er it was coming out and saying , There are lots of good things happening in this area . |
| 12 | She was saying something to him , and he was glancing around and nodding . |
| 13 | Now he was getting up and coming round the table towards her . |
| 14 | But he was clambering down and opening the door , to take part in whatever was going on . |
| 15 | he wanted to be the decision maker , and he wanted to make the decision on every single thing himself and then he was turning round and saying to his secretary , well ca n't you do anything ? |
| 16 | He was backing off and looking around when Carson said , ‘ Where will you go ? ’ |