Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [coord] [pron] say " in BNC.

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1 I was gardening and he said er er I bent over to do something and he said I just went dizzy , he said , and I fell over he said and then I realized my right side was paralysed .
2 cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too
3 It was my first baby and I was panicking and he said there was no need to panic !
4 And we was walking down Street when a soldier was coming and he said er , You want to er you want to make haste home me lads the Zeppelins are about , you see .
5 Of his talk with Mr Yeltsin , Mr Clinton said : ‘ We just talked about what he was doing and I said I supported democracy and free-market economics in Russia . ’
6 But I called him up one day and asked him how he was doing and he said things were pretty good , so I asked if he still wanted to do that album .
7 He was sitting and he said oh I 'll write Iris a few lines .
8 So umm we was chatting and I said oh it 's your birthday on Sunday .
9 and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never .
10 But you see , I just went to the education officer and I say , he , he ran it , he , it , it was , it was his responsibility the Guild 's were and I went to him about a Guild matter and I said oh , erm how I mentioned that I was working and he said well where are you working ?
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