Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [to-vb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lords , I , I do realise and I have to be satisfied with that erm and I shall do my best , but if I could just make my absolutely clear , simple proposition that I was seeking to perform is that if you are seeking to amend the law i i it ought to be possible for those who are seeking to understand the Government 's intentions to find out relatively easily what the law is and I suggest it 's very far from easy and even if you get to it , it 's not at all easy to understand . |
| 2 | What I was going to do is to go on and talk about , bring out electricity again as something which crops up . |
| 3 | ‘ What I was going to say is that it 's not working out , is it ? |
| 4 | ‘ Well , what I was going to say is , look at her good points . ’ |
| 5 | What I was going to say is I was told erm some time ago that praise does n't mean anything without criticism and I actually believe that . |
| 6 | right , what I would suggest , is somebody take , what I was going to say is if you time me reading this , okay we get an idea of how long exactly we need to make . |
| 7 | Well if you , all I was going to say is , if you 're going to get something like that , I mean we could buy something that would make a set . |
| 8 | Oh well er what I was going to say is that er I thought I 'd summed the person up that he 'd selected and I , I thought oh she i er it 's not gon na be easy for him , and it was n't , you know , she was a bit of a bit of a so and so I think really . |
| 9 | Well , I was going to say is it before Ann has the baby ? |
| 10 | what I was going to suggest is that we should s seek to negotiate with them a turnover rent . |
| 11 | And we were , and I was beginning to wonder is it something to do , you know how it tells you , maybe if you swallow there 's ? |
| 12 | The enemy that Kraal was trying to describe is really yourself , Creggan . |