Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [v-ing] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I were talking to him on Friday , and er , I mean , they 've not been down there five minutes . |
| 2 | I were talking to her for about half an hour . |
| 3 | Well if I know who they are and I do n't know where they come from I 'll just put who they are day I were talking to them and dash it . |
| 4 | Then I were talking to our Karen to about quarter to three |
| 5 | It sounded as though she were talking to someone she knew well , or at least had dealt with previously , because she called her interlocutor ‘ Tonio ’ and smiled continuously as though engaged in invisible wooing and sometimes she laughed . |
| 6 | When she were talking to us Aunty Mary you could hear some Yorkshire accent . |
| 7 | she were talking to herself in the end ! |
| 8 | You , you were listening to it on the radio . |
| 9 | Shelley still was n't sure how much of her conversation with Mrs Richards Miguel had overheard , so she said , ‘ You were listening to us chatting earlier ? ’ |
| 10 | Speechlessly Fabia stared at him , and he went on to explain , ‘ Then last night , after a sublime day , we went out to dine and I began to admit to myself that you were getting to me in a big way . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You know , ’ said Patrick , holding her hand with a steady pressure in his large warm hand , ‘ I 'm very grateful to you , you were so kind to me when I was ill , you were loving to me . ’ |
| 12 | You can direct any questions — or objections — to me , as if you were speaking to my father . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We are told that you were chatting to him , amongst others , while you were waiting for a cab . ’ |
| 14 | I did n't know , I mean I would of said say something when you were chatting to him . |
| 15 | You were responding to our article about dog licensing and welfare ( License to Kill ) , and your angry , passionate letters ( ‘ tears are running down my face as I write ’ ) clearly showed that dog welfare , and the tremendous problem of strays , are issues which occupy many minds . |
| 16 | Like that after yo I know he did cos that had , listen if you were lying to me , I do n't wa I do n't like being lied to because I |
| 17 | ‘ You were talking to yourself , love , and , well , sitting all alone and with your eyes closed . |
| 18 | I knew that you were talking to him about something |
| 19 | She was asking me what Brian it was , you were talking to her . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't realise you were talking to me , in fact . ’ |
| 21 | Ooh thought you were talking to me she 's talking to you . |
| 22 | Who was the lady you were talking to who you knew ? |
| 23 | And now it is my duty to introduce Doctor and erm I think you said you were talking to us about yourself and erm also a little bit about your holidays ? |
| 24 | Now write your ghost story and remember to include all the improvements you thought of when you were talking to your partner . |
| 25 | No , yes you do , do n't lie , I heard you yesterday morning , twelve thirty , you were talking to your assistant in the , about you put the body in my wardrobe said Jane , okay I know something , in fact I know a lot more than all of you . |
| 26 | So anyway , he erm had his say quite a long story and er the Chairman turned round all of a sudden and he s he could n't say the Chairman er said call him cos that 's what we call him and he said er he said erm would you like to come back to the rostrum again and he said erm you were explaining to me about an accident you had in the quarry in quarry , erm some years back and he said , I 'd like you to explain to these people . |
| 27 | Th the decision you were putting to us though Trevor , was whether we put somebody on extra duty payment ? |
| 28 | If you were going to you were going to or Cheltenham Cheltenham . |
| 29 | You said you were going to your mums for something |
| 30 | ‘ So you were coming to me . |