Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were acting I would be trying to make people see him . |
| 2 | When I rang up to say I were coming I asked them did they want Easter eggs or did they want fa er a box of chocolates or bars of chocolate we |
| 3 | I were fuming I was ! |
| 4 | When I was swimming I went to change and I found a swimming costume . |
| 5 | I said I was looking I said where 's grandma , I put that ne table there is that alright ? |
| 6 | I assured him I was only on a romantic , misty-eyed mission , though secretly I was wishing I 'd sent the birthday card instead to Winston Place . |
| 7 | Already I was wishing I 'd never been to see Angy , even though I knew how much being estranged from his family had hurt him and it would mean a lot to him to get the ring back . ’ |
| 8 | I , I mean I went like this into dinner okay , and I suppose everyone was like what 's she doing in a skirt or whatever cos they were all like looking and then like half way when I was eating I could feel them all staring at me and laughing and Jim and that lot were laughing and I could see Charlie |
| 9 | you know , even I say to Evelyn when I was watering I said |
| 10 | I , I , I was lucky in the three ground I went too the worst that ever happened to me was I was put head first into a dustbin , but luckily it had been emptied it was still well mucky , but I just fucking went and had a shower , and I come out of the shower and I 'd got pounced upon again and I was there , it must of been a funny site , there 's me right in just a pair of fucking deck chairs that we used to wear for the , the shower block right , fucking shaving , er like the wash kit bag in my right hand and I was holding me fucking towel round , round me waist with me left , I was streaking across the play ground , going as fast as I could |
| 11 | I was wearing I had the , the stethoscope behind my neck and I took it off for something , I was holding it up to try and get a better |
| 12 | This morning I was imagining I 'd escaped and that Caliban was in court . |
| 13 | ‘ I was assuming I 'd be back before midnight . |
| 14 | I was thinking I would boil the sheets that evening and ask the chemist for a powerful disinfectant and give myself a vinegar douche to get rid of all the germs inside me . |
| 15 | When I rode Docklands Express in his work , I was thinking I would probably be having my fourth Grand National ride on Bonanza Boy — then there were reports of rain across the country , which made me feel quite satisfied to be on Martin Pipe 's runner . |
| 16 | ‘ I was thinking I 'm going to be picked up at JFK and they 'll be expecting a black feminist and they 'll realise they 've got the wrong author . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah carbon dioxide and the water that was it I was thinking I saw the H two yeah |
| 18 | In fact , I was thinking I might try and start something along those lines as soon as I can . |
| 19 | ‘ I was thinking I 'd like exactly the same thing , ’ she confessed , giving him a radiant smile . |
| 20 | I was thinking I might use up all my odd scraps of wool , to make a scarf perhaps , but who would wear such a strange-looking garment ? ’ |
| 21 | I was thinking I would |
| 22 | All the time I was reasoning with Maria Luisa I was thinking I should be reasoning with you , trying to win you back . |
| 23 | I was thinking I have n't seen my dad since what , Christmas ? |
| 24 | I was thinking I might change it in Guildford tomorrow I wo n't . |
| 25 | I was thinking I have n't heard him cry |
| 26 | Bill I was thinking I wonder is your black tie over my mother 's ? |
| 27 | James did that to me , me and John , I was thinking I went Fred ! |
| 28 | That 's why I was thinking I might hang on to the Volvo for another two years until you 've got your own car and then I can buy what I really want . |
| 29 | " When I was recuperating I naturally questioned . |
| 30 | Just to be on the safe side I also set up a stick float and a bleak whip but I was hoping I would n't need them — so much for being positive . |