Example sentences of "and i was do " in BNC.

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1 We had been on holiday in Scotland and I was doing the washing on the Monday when suddenly a huge black cloud seemed to descend — a mass of fear , anxiety and utter depression . ’
2 IN the middle 80s , snooker was booming and I was doing my best to cash-in on selling it around the world .
3 And I was doing as many as ten shows a week .
4 One day an elderly lady with a hearing aid came in and I was doing her hair , chatting away and making her laugh , and I cut right through the wire !
5 Andrew was on the dole and I was doing two part-time jobs .
6 My marriage failed and I was doing about one job every six months — I was on the fringe of things .
7 This guy who lives round the corner had just come out and he 'd started up in business again and he was laying it on me a gram at a time and I was doing it out in bags .
8 Last year we were going to er a show at er and I was doing a modern arrangement and er , we were in Norman 's van .
9 Well I got thirty five shillings a week and I was doing six hou twelve hours a day from Monday till Friday and twelve and a half on a Saturday .
10 I had taken a day off from my work , and I was doing a little gentle fishing in a river near Leithen 's house .
11 This was a disappointment , since I had been striving even more to acquire expertise in Italian affairs , and I was doing some propaganda work for the BBC , some of which was ‘ beamed ’ to the Arab population of Libya .
12 At that point we had six teens and early twenties at home and I was doing a great deal of relating to young people .
13 I 've been going to bed at half past one and I was doing the T M A for two nights , then I 've been doing his V A T for two nights so I 've got to bed really really late and I just and , the thing is , the T M A were all on about my then I just start to relax I had to resort to herbal knockout drops .
14 And I was doing alright myself , I should n't 've let him do it .
15 No you see if you had n't have told me , and I was doing alright .
16 So I went to the ravey last night , right , I went down there with Bedlam yeah and I was doing a rave with Bedlam right and he came up to me and he goes so what are your musical tastes then ?
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