Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Rohmer was already moving to join them as Cardiff replaced the telephone receiver and pushed away from the reception desk . |
| 32 | Mark passed through a security screen to make his way to the impressive central lobby where the Chairman of the Committee was already waiting to receive him . |
| 33 | And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself . |
| 34 | He was somehow managing to make her begin to doubt her own words — simply by subjecting her to that look of dark unbelief . |
| 35 | ‘ I was just trying to rule you out from the start . |
| 36 | Well , erm , I was just trying to do it , do it , do the example four , whilst I was here , so that if I have a problem , I , I can ask about it before I go on to example five . |
| 37 | ‘ I was just trying to hold him back , ’ said Keegan . |
| 38 | Well it was , I was just trying to persuade it back to its normal cage when the , like , everywhere . |
| 39 | ‘ I was just trying to show you you 're being silly . |
| 40 | Glancing at the old man , Jack suddenly realized he was just trying to distract him , to prevent his mind leaping ahead to whatever was happening at the hospital . |
| 41 | He was just trying to frighten her . |
| 42 | he was just trying to scare him , trying to scare him |
| 43 | I was just trying to help you really . |
| 44 | In truth , I was just hoping to give him a good game . ’ |
| 45 | In truth , I was just hoping to give him a good game . ’ |
| 46 | British Aerospace was brilliant , as long as I had , I had a good reason to go away they 'd give me , they said they 'd pay for , I mean one year I did six weeks away paid and then anot another year I did two months non pay and I still kept me job , that 's when I went up the for two months all I was just labour doing it then . |
| 47 | ‘ I was n't able to defend myself at all , I was just wanting to get it over with . ’ |
| 48 | Ian Norrie : ‘ I was just wanting to get it over with ’ |
| 49 | Arthur was just kept bringing me up food all the time . |
| 50 | I was just going to take it into the smoking-room when Giffen stopped me . |
| 51 | Her eyes followed him as he unpacked the bike , and she wondered if he was just going to take it for granted that she would sleep with him of if he would offer her the choice . |
| 52 | I was just going to say they said carrots |
| 53 | I was just going to say I did n't believe a word of it but … . |
| 54 | " Nothing , " she said , " I was just going to say It 's dull and horrible . |
| 55 | Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in . |
| 56 | Here they are , love — I was just going to put them under the pillow . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ I was just going to put it back , ’ he lied . |
| 58 | I was just going to call you a bitch . |
| 59 | Mr Evans said , ‘ I was just going to wake you . |
| 60 | I was n't going to hurt it or nothing — I was just going to stroke it , but it flew off anyway . |