Example sentences of "i was listen " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been making some records but they were n't successful and for the first few weeks after I 'd met him and decided to work with him , I was listening to songs that he 'd written , and was in the process of writing , and came to the conclusion that he was not essentially a singles artist . |
| 2 | It was there all the time but I had turned my back upon it in a sense , so when I got converted , and of course I was listening to the Big Man 's comments on events and I recognized the validity of what he was saying . |
| 3 | Yet the other day I was listening to an eminent conductor whose Bruckner is often much praised reaching a triple forte long before what is to me self-evidently the work 's pivotal climax . |
| 4 | I was listening to the same genial , slow voice with which the American gentleman had charmed many since his arrival and yet it now contained something unmistakably covert . |
| 5 | I was listening to the two in the back working their way through a typical RAF ditty with the repetitive chorus of , ‘ There 's only one bar — BOO ! |
| 6 | FOR EXAMPLE , LAST WEEK I WAS LISTENING to my favourite recorded of Paganini 's First Violin Concerto , which I have treasured for many years , largely due to the soloists extraordinary playing . |
| 7 | But , of course , it does n't always work ; I was listening to my second recording of the Liszt Sonata about a year ago , and found things there that did not satisfy me . |
| 8 | A few moments later , balloon of armagnac in hand , I was listening to Dennis recount with great self-satisfaction how he 'd come by the priceless spirit , when our attention was drawn by the sound of running water from the kitchen . |
| 9 | I was listening . ’ |
| 10 | I mean , these were people I was listening to when I was kid , and then suddenly I 'm having dinner with Carl Perkins ! |
| 11 | But gosh , I was listening to everybody , jazz guitarists like Tal Farlow … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . |
| 13 | So I was probably enjoying British progressive rock at the same time I was listening to American jazz . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I started playing guitar when I was fourteen , ’ says Rowland , ‘ and I was listening to people like Roxy Music and David Bowie . |
| 15 | I was listening to weird stuff like Iron Butterfly when I was , like , still learning my alphabet ! |
| 16 | I was listening to that ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I was listening , truly I was , and I 'm sorry you feel foolish . ’ |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I was with him when the call came in to do the video so I was listening to the call , although I was minding my own business . |
| 19 | We began to discuss what should be done and how I would manage to support the children , and if , from time to time , I had the feeling that something was wrong , it was only in a distant , elusive way , as if I was listening to someone playing a piano on the other side of the road and hearing occasionally , but only occasionally , a wrong note . |
| 20 | In some ways wh I , I , I heard , I was listening to a description on Saturday at the serials and I must admit I thought to myself mm |
| 21 | always spread a and I I was listening to or or during a programme and it said er , we 're always told how firms are going down the shoot ! |
| 22 | I was listening suddenly . |
| 23 | He pointed out that whether I was listening to a lecture , writing an exam , taking in the instructions of a track coach , studying in silence , reading a book , writing an essay or a report , or laying down the law in a pub , communication was operative . |
| 24 | The other side of that is that I was listening to Medicine Now on Radio Four , and they 've got a device where they you actually have er an earpiece put into your ear and it clicks continuously . |
| 25 | I was listening engrossed to the woman I was walking to work with , who the night before had found two night-screws stretched out on the desk in a passionate embrace when she 'd gone downstairs to the office to ask for a Tampax . |
| 26 | His eyes shone as he spoke of his great purpose in life , and I was listening , fascinated , so neither of us heard the light footsteps approaching the cottage along the grassy path . |
| 27 | ‘ I was listening . |
| 28 | I do n't believe I was listening to her very closely . |
| 29 | I was listening carefully to the Hon. Lady before the Hon. Gentleman intervened . |
| 30 | Those G Ps told me , I thought I was listening to my own speeches to be honest , from about a year or two ago . |