Example sentences of "i were [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were writing it now … |
| 2 | I were watching her do it . |
| 3 | I were watching it , every time you cough it starts flashing . |
| 4 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 5 | So I says , I , I were telling him though , I 'm going ten o'clock my car needs done ! |
| 6 | he says , cos me boyfriend were supposed to be coming down and I were telling our Michael he says , oh , he 's black . |
| 7 | And then er I were telling you about the er where the marshes was n't I . |
| 8 | Er I were telling you about the pianos , in one particular terrace you could just imagine it in , what , nineteen er twenty si no , twenty seven twenty eight , and you know things were bad , you talk about the thirties , the twenties were worse than that . |
| 9 | Long after I came to the army as I were telling you I used to go to pictures , I were in the S in the Savoy down Mostyn Street one one night I went and there in the programme there was this old er travel picture er some town or other th . |
| 10 | That was my auntie and that was the l the woman who gave me that tea set I were telling you about . |
| 11 | I were telling you about Irene , I were filling this thing in and I put right , sixty four I were gon na put sixty four , that were it . |
| 12 | I were telling you about that sugar place , we 're doing it again . |
| 13 | ‘ If I were coining it down in the bull market , ’ I reminded him , ‘ and you were my oldest friend and out of work and you came up with two corking girls like that , I 'd be honoured to pay the bill . ’ |
| 14 | " I could n't possibly afford the flat if I were renting it now , but I got it on a long lease just after the war , when rents were much less than they are today , " she said . |
| 15 | It seemed as if I were speaking it … |
| 16 | At the end of the day Child and I were cursing our luck and Douglas Hamilton was waxing lyrical about the placidity of the beasts , who had allowed him to come within six yards of them . |
| 17 | It began one morning at breakfast in the days when I was still a bachelor and Tristan and I were taking our places at the mahogany dining table . |
| 18 | After three such days the night nurse told us she thought that Caroline and I were exciting him and that it would be better if we went home and merely visited during the day . |
| 19 | Again , I could not afford much of it if I were buying it now . |
| 20 | If I were acting I would be trying to make people see him . |
| 21 | If I were sending you off without a decent breakfast you could say that , but as it is … ’ |
| 22 | No , and I were filling me thing out she says oh fill that one out an' all , so got thirty pence off |
| 23 | Eh now then listen to this , yesterday I 'd er some beefburgers had er must 've dropped out me box when I were getting me things out of the c freezer and there were this er six beefburgers and two ch chicken breasts |
| 24 | I felt as though I were seducing her all over again . |
| 25 | It was as if I were doing him a big favour . |
| 26 | And so that 's what I were doing you see . |
| 27 | If you and I were doing it you you 'd think about a lot |
| 28 | You see if I would go back , if I were doing it , to Times Heavy Titling or one of those do it all caps forget that . |
| 29 | I know I were showing her alarms and that she wanted to see how they work . |
| 30 | this lad was , now he was , coming in the bar , he sat just as you come in the door and then he moved to that long thing where we sit , well I go at the bar and Jackie was sat there Jackie , I said time to be social , no I cos I laugh , I were laughing me head off me and he 's jabbering away move like that , his arms moving you know , then he sets off to sing , well , la , la and Johnny said shut up I know Johnny put his glass of beer on the next table to ours and sets off to see Mickey , then he stands up this lad sit down you , must have thought for his beer , I think he was like , I says to Jack I says er you want to put his trousers is all undone , you know sat and his trousers what and his jumper , so our Johnny went he said get that covered up and , but he pulled it down like that , and now he took 'em out he walked through the door and his trousers were falling down but |