Example sentences of "i really [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the award was made to me , my thoughts were with the CCG crew that were on board the Tharos that night — I really was collecting it on their behalf ’ . |
| 2 | I do admit though that I really was looking for someone special ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I really was looking forward to going ashore … ’ |
| 4 | And it got , in the end , actually , if I was , if I had to do something that was urgent or I had to go somewhere I used to have to say to her something like , you know , erm oh I better get on , I got a lot to do this morning , or I 'm goi I 've to be shopping and be back in time to cook Jim 's dinner or something like that cos he 's starting , oh I 've got ta have his dinner ready at twelve before he goes to work and if I really was pushed otherwise she would have come in every day . |
| 5 | ‘ I really was beginning to wonder . ’ |
| 6 | She tries to slam the door , but I 've got my foot there like I really was selling brushes . |
| 7 | If I became part of his fantasy landscape a certain amount of security , great pleasure even , was possible , at the cost of feeling split and unknowable afterwards and unsure whether I as I felt I really was had experienced anything . |
| 8 | Anyway , I really was going to take the spell off straight away , but of course you have to go hopping off and get caught and land us in this mess . ’ |
| 9 | I really was going to have to get round to discussing the extraterrestrial problem . |