Example sentences of "i i [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I was joking . |
| 2 | Erm but then I think we need er I I was hoping we were going that step further |
| 3 | Well , I I was hoping we could , we could avoid discussing the activities of too many District and London Borough Councils for that matter , such as Westminster today , erm , but erm , there are certainly some very fine London Borough Councils . |
| 4 | I I was hoping for something different this year and for a budget that erm er proposed that did n't depend on er us taking far more from reserves than any other party . |
| 5 | Oh I I was elected |
| 6 | No , I wa I was , er er I I was thinking anyway , that it was n't exactly like that , it 's more like a Forty Minutes type thing . |
| 7 | I I was thinking of it now , as as normally as a normal crown court case , |
| 8 | My drawing 's enough crap cos I I was buzzed when I was doing that . |
| 9 | always spread a and I I was listening to or or during a programme and it said er , we 're always told how firms are going down the shoot ! |
| 10 | I I was leaving the the sort of exceptions part of it and the game at the moment and asking , because I appreciate that you and Mr Donson for different reasons both want erm a policy that provides for exceptions . |
| 11 | Oh yeah I I was telling you about that song was n't I . |
| 12 | So I mean I I was debating whether to actually send this out I might wait and see what happens . |
| 13 | Erm I I was suggesting to Clare and David that wherever we do know people who do n't live in this region we could get those people to , at my expense , send us a copy of their local Thompson Directory , which is an excellent resource for getting in touch with local businesses and other organizations . |
| 14 | Yo ah I I was born in Liverpool and I mother , sort of a very old family a but erm |
| 15 | No well I could never say I I was kept well away out of the but my father probably might have seen |
| 16 | I I I was delayed a little in that . |
| 17 | I know , I I was given |
| 18 | I I was trying to show how tight |
| 19 | and erm I went to a youth club and I I was speaking to eight year olds and they 're asking about condoms cos they 've seen them in the street , so it 's obviously they 're wanting to find out about it cos it 's everywhere around them even , does n't matter what age . |
| 20 | And er I I was pulled in to take a little part in this play er I remember that . |
| 21 | and I I was rushing down to get to the stair . |
| 22 | You you and I discussed whether I I was going to be able to do it . |
| 23 | I think with erm , I I was brought up in a household where it was com , completely legitimate to admit to being depressed and that you would just have to cope , I think cope perhaps my most |
| 24 | I I was brought up in Oxford . |
| 25 | That 's all and then I I I was looked after the production machinery for about fifteen years the top here . |
| 26 | I mean er you know , I I was went in as a mechanical fitter and er stayed as such , getting sort of bigger and more responsibl bilities as I went Grew up . |
| 27 | And erm but I mean I remember when I I was doing er work with the Open University now I was a sort of er tutor with them or counsellor with them and I think we used to say ten to fifteen hours work a week |
| 28 | Well I I was doing |
| 29 | On that particular day I I was coming home from work and it were quarter to nine , I 'd just finished work . |
| 30 | But like , he even said it , he said to me when I was drunk and I , and it pissed me off a little bit actually cos like , he goes to me you know like I I was saying about it and he goes erm well she was the one who wanted it all casual and everything , and I said oh yeah . |