Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [v-ing] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was thinking it 's about time to go and have our tea . ’ |
| 2 | But I was hoping it was off for good er but it did n't work out that way cos of the weather . |
| 3 | And then today when I was passing it was just munching away in the corner , you know . |
| 4 | And then when you come in I was fixing it were n't I ? |
| 5 | We were lucky last week cos half of us have got netball , half of us have got hockey , but last week because it was raining it was too bad for the hockey people to go out cos they co , with it being dark as well so we , we just stayed inside . |
| 6 | Six to eight men hauled the Durham wagon round the streets — they said it was easier to move than it looked , as once it was rolling it was not difficult until it had to be stopped ! |
| 7 | Is there a sense in which if you knew it was coming it 's not a disaster , or at least it , it need n't be a disaster ? |
| 8 | Speaking of strains , he was finding it was just that to get three little bundles of blonde mischief settled . |
| 9 | I know well he was growing it were n't he ? |
| 10 | when he came like , he said , he was saying it 's not , so he promised again he was saying |