Example sentences of "what i [was/were] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so that 's what I were doing you see . |
| 2 | I know it 's something a Samaritan would consider unprofessional , but I enjoyed getting verbal queerbashers to hang up on me because they could n't handle what I was telling them . |
| 3 | I knew then that what I was telling him he was hearing for the first time . |
| 4 | At least that 's what I was telling myself at the start line of the Bury 20 . |
| 5 | we , we worked in my shop , that 's what I was telling you about . |
| 6 | Oh he said you did n't , you did n't listen to what I was telling you , did you ? |
| 7 | Yeah that 's what I was thinking it 's funny it 's sort of Christmas makes everything better or worse . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's just what I was wondering myself , Gillian . |
| 9 | To get a closer look at what I was doing he jumped onto the table , knocking eight woodscrews onto the floor . |
| 10 | If you knew what I was doing you 'd have moved heaven and earth to stop me . |
| 11 | Before I knew what I was doing I was slitting my wrists . |
| 12 | So what I was doing I was coming into it , I was coming in too fast for the gear , not too fast for the corner , but too fast for the gear . |
| 13 | That was n't doing what I was asking it to do . |
| 14 | I said I did not know — I did n't know what I was letting myself in for . |
| 15 | I was n't sure what I was letting myself in for ! |
| 16 | What I did get away with was arguably worse than murder , and revealed for the first time something of what I was letting myself in for by getting involved with Karen Parsons . |
| 17 | I thought my boyfriend would make sure that he knew what he was doing , " cos at that time I did n't know what I was letting myself in for and also because he was nineteen I said to myself that he was more responsible . |
| 18 | Not knowing what I was letting myself in for , but feeling in the mood for experiment , I said I would have one too . |
| 19 | Ah that 's what I was saying what |
| 20 | Now you d you went and interrupted me there and , and I 've forgotten what I was saying which was right . |
| 21 | That 's what I was saying you see , that 's |
| 22 | That 's what I was saying I said here 's my mum . |
| 23 | That 's what I was saying I did n't know whether I 'd heard correctly you see . |
| 24 | I did n't know how much of what I was saying he understood . |
| 25 | I was totally confident I could lose any nancified verger on my chosen ground , provided I had a decent start , which was precisely what I was giving myself . |
| 26 | But I was so proud of my beautiful daughter , and I wanted to make up to you for the years we lost before I met your mama again ; I wanted you to have the best of everything , and I thought that that was what I was giving you . |