Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [v-ing] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hoping to see her while I was here , that 's why I came … ’ |
| 2 | I was hoping to buy her a ring for Christmas but we just could n't afford it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You think I was trying to seduce her , do n't you ? |
| 4 | I was trying to persuade her to move to a retirement flat in Waverley Road . ’ |
| 5 | I have told you , Rain , I was trying to put her somewhere safe and secret for her own safety . |
| 6 | It was n't her reaction that I was wary of , it 's just that she does n't even know how she made her children so how was she going to understand what I was trying to tell her ! |
| 7 | I was trying to tempt her to take part in a so-called vox-pop . |
| 8 | I said something like , well , I was trying to make her feel at ease , oh , something like , we could make a habit of this , and just have fun , Lucy . |
| 9 | It would worry me if I was having to feed her all the time but knowing that three days out of seven she 's getting good meals , it does n't worry me so much . |
| 10 | This pleased me very much because I was longing to hear her play the instrument . |
| 11 | I was going to ask her what she meant , but May interrupted . |
| 12 | I was going to call her into my office but I thought that would be a little heartless . ’ |
| 13 | I was going to reassure her . ’ |
| 14 | I was going to give her some , gladly . |
| 15 | Er my mother 's waiting to come in , so I was going to give her it . |
| 16 | To be frank I was going to give her to you to break in . ’ |
| 17 | It was my responsibility I brought that child into the world , and there was no way I was going to thrust her off onto other people . |
| 18 | Even when she was well , I had never been able to relax because I never knew from one day to the next how I was going to find her . |
| 19 | I was going to threaten her with the law . |
| 20 | With a broad smile , he explained , ‘ When I was talking to him the other day , and I happened to mention that an old friend of my sister 's was coming to Ireland , and that I was going to show her round Dublin , and that we 'd agreed to meet here , and about how scatty … ’ |
| 21 | But she had n't moved and I began thinking about how I was going to get her out to our vehicle . |
| 22 | I was going to tell her about proper beef stock , but the girl has to walk before she can run . |
| 23 | I was going to tell her I had taken her keys and let myself back into the house , " he added , " but I arrived too late . |
| 24 | I was going to tell her you know half with mother and up , up there |
| 25 | I was going to abuse her . |
| 26 | ‘ She was a friend of a friend — I had n't even known she was coming , but one look and I was arrogant enough to decide I was going to make her mine . |
| 27 | And anyway , I was planning to bring her back tomorrow . ’ |
| 28 | I was planning to bring her back on the Sleeper tonight . ’ |
| 29 | She says she also sleeps better and wakes up with a clearer head which is not the sort of image she portrayed a couple of years ago when all the pressures she was facing caused her to hit the bottle again . |
| 30 | Ianthe remembered that Miss Grimes had been to Spain for her holiday one year , but she supposed that she must have bought the wine specially when Ianthe had said she was coming to see her . |