Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] i was [prep] " in BNC.

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1 K. R. At Garston , there was a toilet on the main road and when we were on nights , and there was one officer walking along and I was on the other side — we dare n't cross the road .
2 The morning was wasting away and I was on a promise to deliver women for Simon down in Southwark .
3 The kind of woman I would n't mind having around if I was in trouble though she might be a bit of a trial at other times .
4 But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door .
5 Marriage is a business , and after the bed business is over you 've often got twenty-three hours in the day to live with your partner ; especially , that is , if you 're working together like I was with him .
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