Example sentences of "i [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I always think back to the er the time I think Edmund and I were sitting in the back garden here and deciding that we 'd go off and join the paratroopers |
| 2 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 3 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |
| 4 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 5 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
| 6 | At one time it was quite obvious that his main sponsor , Essex Petroleum , run by the flamboyant American ex-decorator and former Brussels bus-boy , David Thieme , was in some sort of dire trouble and that this trouble was bound to affect Team Lotus as it did ; Chapman knew I was looking into the complex affairs of Thieme and Thieme 's longstanding relations with Lotus . |
| 7 | Most people said I should get probation , but I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of three to five years . |
| 8 | ‘ In particular , I was looking at the environmental regulations and how [ or even if ] they are enforced . |
| 9 | The statement was unnecessary , since I was looking at the forward preceptor screens , which showed a silvery shimmer like visible white noise . |
| 10 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 11 | No I was looking at the other one . |
| 12 | Now I was looking at the other fella a strong comparison , I was mixing him up with I |
| 13 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 14 | I was seven and I was I went to a neighbour 's house and as it happened I was looking through the blooming window when the funeral went past so I was no better off you know . |
| 15 | Cos one of the things that I said , you know , just when I was looking through the last five or six months is that it did seem er , to be inconsistent in terms of certain areas like the first floor , there 's an awful lot of reporting going on but , there was very little from the other , from the other areas . |
| 16 | Good , fine , I 'm not surprised , I was looking in the wrong rate book was n't I ? |
| 17 | I was listening to the two in the back working their way through a typical RAF ditty with the repetitive chorus of , ‘ There 's only one bar — BOO ! |
| 18 | I was listening to the same genial , slow voice with which the American gentleman had charmed many since his arrival and yet it now contained something unmistakably covert . |
| 19 | It was there all the time but I had turned my back upon it in a sense , so when I got converted , and of course I was listening to the Big Man 's comments on events and I recognized the validity of what he was saying . |
| 20 | I was trembling at the unexpected sight of him , and could not control my voice , so I approached in silence . |
| 21 | I was strolling through the local city centre , when I heard a thumping bass sound coming from just around the corner . |
| 22 | Again , it was with the help of Phil Andrews , who was No.1 on Venturous at that time , with Bob Wellock , an ex air/sea RAF coxswain from Liverpool Customs in command whom I was meeting for the first time . |
| 23 | : I was serving in the Med fleet in HMS Saints sailing to Tobruk . |
| 24 | When I said that I must look into the matter , I was referring to the franked envelope , not its contents . |
| 25 | I was referring to the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) . |
| 26 | I did [ think of myself as a cabbage ] when I was living at the other place doing all that washing by hand … |
| 27 | For the final two years of his schooling he switched to Kingston College of Further Education , where he became fascinated by British political history ( ‘ I was living in the nineteenth century , ’ he says ) . |
| 28 | ‘ So obviously I was thinking along the same lines as him . |
| 29 | A twist to his lips , he added , ‘ I was thinking along the same lines myself when my father pre-empted me . ’ |
| 30 | I was thinking about the relative merits of a bottle or two of Ruddles from the fridge or a glass or two of Sancerre or even , in the circumstances , something stronger , when there was a knock on my door . |