Example sentences of "[vb past] i [be] doing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered what he wanted , so I did it ; and in the interval of the rehearsal he came and said he was suffering from nervous shock because the moment I started he realized I was doing exactly the contrary of all the things he had taught the orchestra . |
| 2 | I mentioned I was doing a bit of surfing myself . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt I was doing everything I could to nourish and protect the baby and I was so sure about the rightness of it all that I did n't want a scan . |
| 4 | I felt I was doing good and my confidence began to grow . |
| 5 | What I felt I was doing , as I dressed my shivering body in layer upon layer , was protecting myself . |
| 6 | ‘ I just felt I was doing the same old thing , week after week , month after month . |
| 7 | At the same time I knew that my marriage had been a facade and in a way , by leaving , I felt I was doing the only honourable thing . |
| 8 | I felt relieved once I 'd started because at last I felt I was doing something about my life . |
| 9 | And I lost all my urge to go to church , because I felt I was doing wrong , so I did n't go , and then I did n't have the strong principles anymore . |
| 10 | then I was looking at all the garden stuff , and and I thought well , start by the , and I thought I 'm doing a Joey ! |
| 11 | So in some way I must have passed on my fear to my children , even though I thought I was doing everything in my power to avoid doing so . |
| 12 | I thought I was doing a good enough job against Southampton to stay on . |
| 13 | I thought I was doing what I , and I alone , wanted to do , but my pursuit of academic superiority shows that I was still striving to be the person my parents wanted me to be . |
| 14 | I , too , thought I was doing something unique and practising an art exceptionally well . |
| 15 | I thought I was doing something important , helping Rella along . |
| 16 | I do n't know what I thought I was doing . |
| 17 | And my mother died not long before Christmas , and I thought I was doing fine . |
| 18 | I thought I was doing well , I thought this is marvellous , here 's me manag managing to get through Christmas . |
| 19 | It has made me question every aspect of my teaching , including things that I thought I was doing well ! |
| 20 | Erm , that carried on for a while , I thought I was doing very very well , being able to do a job like that . |
| 21 | ‘ They obviously thought I was doing terribly badly at that time and were very pleased at how well they had rigged me out … until I put on the mac . |
| 22 | What I 've been through is most extraordinary , I would n't call it crucifixion exactly , because I 'm not religious , but I actually thought I was doing quite radical work and it has never been names as such . |
| 23 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |
| 24 | But when I said I was doing it in Scotland , people just shivered . |
| 25 | I dropped down from the loch only to find that the terrain was considerably steeper than I recalled on the way up , although the compass said I was doing fine . |
| 26 | Tried to explain all this to Vic , who said I was doing fine and Matt was doing fine and he thought we 'd gel together on screen . |
| 27 | Ossie Ardiles gave me a lot of games and said I was doing well , but he never offered me a contract . |
| 28 | She said I was doing really well . |
| 29 | She said I was doing well until I fucked off |
| 30 | No , I do n't want to do that I just said to her , I said you know , you can sort of erm ask Brenda she said I 'm doing that I 'm not on christmas day , would you ? |