Example sentences of "i was [adv] [verb] he " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ I was rather hoping he was going to be here this afternoon . ’ |
| 2 | Because I started to believe that I was n't seeing him . |
| 3 | ‘ I was n't criticising him , Maws … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ OK , maybe I was n't doing him a service . |
| 5 | ‘ He told me , ’ said Ray , ‘ that I was n't doing him any good , two depressives together . |
| 6 | I was n't beating him up I was tickling him . |
| 7 | I was just holding him down and I got a hammering from the locals . |
| 8 | I was just telling him , they 've got big ones like that about that size I think in in Woolworths . |
| 9 | No well I was , I was just telling him something and I said I 'm not telling you till er ten thirty just to keep him in suspense . |
| 10 | Oh well I yeah I was just thinking he could do with something on them like . |
| 11 | ‘ I was just showing him my new Bluebird . ’ |
| 12 | I was just told he was a a fair average . |
| 13 | I know you 'll understand when I say my husband 's a one for the usquebaugh , I was about to correct him with the pressure-cooker once but I remembered my Victorian values just in time . |
| 14 | Although I was about to confront him , my experience told me that he was — well , I 've no words for it : on a different plane of reality . |
| 15 | Now I was about to meet him again , it was as if I had suddenly woken up from a syrupy dream . |
| 16 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 17 | He and I have been friends for many years , so it may have helped that I was there to give him some confidence in the project . |
| 18 | But I was only kidding him going |
| 19 | I could n't have Cal thinking this creature had anything to do with me — I 'd have to explain I was only using him to threaten Mum and Dad with . |