Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [conj] [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was drowning and it did n't hurt . |
| 2 | Before I was in the band if I saw that something was happening that I did n't like I 'd say nothing and go along with it . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't know she was smoking and I do n't know where she was getting the money from , ’ said her mother . |
| 4 | I was smoking and he did n't say nothing to me , see . ’ |
| 5 | Cos he thought I 'd , I 'd smoke it , I was smoking and he did n't like it and then erm he told me I do n't wan na talk to you any more , blah , blah , blah , all that rubbish . |
| 6 | I had a husband who was pretending that I did not have cancer , and a mother who tried to inspire me by showing me pictures of Page Three girls under banner headlines of ‘ How I conquered cancer ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ But the immigration officials and security men just laughed and said she was pretending because she did n't want to be sent back . ’ |
| 8 | I , put me in a detention centre because I was shoplifting and I did n't like it there so I left ! |
| 9 | But he was turning and I did n't hit straight . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not sure what he was expecting and I do n't think he was either . |
| 11 | He said on the one hand he was agreeing with you , right that i it does n't matter how good a cyclist you are it 's the fucking car drivers , nine times out of ten , that cause the accidents on and then , on the other hand he was saying but I do n't see I I ca n't se ever see myself coming off you know , he 's fucking stupid ! |
| 12 | I also listened to Mr I did n't understand what he was saying but I did listen to him er the bit that I did er catch was his denial that erm the revenue budget for Moat and Highfields was half a million well he 's quite correct because I 've got the figures here . |
| 13 | I meant who was it that was saying that it does n't matter ? |
| 14 | One of my best-known remarks was when I was Chancellor and Geoffrey Howe was my opponent , and he made a rather damaging criticism of what I was doing and I did n't want to spend time on that . |
| 15 | that bastard , did n't know where he was gon na , he was indicating but I did n't know whether he was gon na just go on or what he was gon na do . |
| 16 | The mare was indicating that she did , standing companionably in the darkening stable , lipping at his anorak sleeve . |
| 17 | with she thought I was overreacting cos she did n't really respond . |
| 18 | It was exhausting and she did not know enough to analyse each problem properly . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , again , as though it were the most reasonable thing in the world , but she saw that her mother looked worried , and that doubtless Papa was behaving as he did because he had been worried about her , his darling , whom he had sent away from him , only to lose her in a foreign country — for that was what Britain was . |
| 20 | And he 'd run up to you and bark , you know and er he was playing but she did n't realise . |
| 21 | but you 'll see players who , I mean , I mean , did it the other day when I was playing and she did this , oh yes , she I said you 've moved it , I thoroughly accepted it was n't through , you should n't do that . |
| 22 | Well I was thinking if you do this it helps with does n't it ? |
| 23 | I suppose I a better mention it too Pauline , only I was thinking if I did just conversations , could also do the domestics . |
| 24 | The Trunchbull sensed what the child was thinking and she did n't like it . |