Example sentences of "i was [v-ing] all the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was looking at it the other day and I was thinking all the bits that are out now . |
| 2 | I was copying all the afternoon ( Piero ) and I was in the sort of mood where normally I have to go out to the cinema or to a coffee-bar , anywhere . |
| 3 | I was writing all the stuff , all this weirdo stuff , and he was standing over me looking at me , looking at what I was writing . |
| 4 | My first feeling was one of excitement : I was getting all the pleasure of being in a conspiracy without having to take any of the responsibility for it . |
| 5 | There was a short hiatus , then he said unconvincingly , ‘ I was checking all the rooms for food . |
| 6 | I was crying all the time . |
| 7 | The flight engineer , who had been at Halton as all apprentice with me and had left and later returned to the Air Force , complained bitterly as I was making all the preparations for take-off , but I ignored him . |
| 8 | Oh yes , yes it did yes er I do n't know whether it made us get more idle or what but erm the hours we used to work and erm I , I never had a sitting-down job I was standing all the while , and I only went if we could sort the keys out you know , we were lucky if we could sort them out to put the keys ready for packing you see , everybody wanted that job . |