Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.

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1 The day before the dinner I received word from the admiral 's ADC that if I were to present myself at 6.55 p.m. at his suite in the Gosforth Park Hotel , where we were both staying , he would give me a lift to the dockyard .
2 I was watching it at the movies , I was watching the whole thing at the cinema .
3 I was weathering the winter and believed that if there was anything in my lung , then at the very worst I was holding it at bay .
4 The vociferation grew louder and louder all the time while I was serving myself at the counter .
5 About once a week or fortnight I had to attend some quite high-powered meetings in London to which James came too , as I was feeding him at the time .
6 I was given it at the end of a stormy course on race relations given to staff at Hen don Police College .
7 I was telling them at school .
8 At least that 's what I was telling myself at the start line of the Bury 20 .
9 ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’
10 ‘ Did he rebel because he guessed I was throwing you at him ? ’
11 if I was recording you at this precise moment ?
12 ‘ Yes — I was to meet him at Glasgow and I was late .
13 Cos I was shaking mine at him
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