Примеры использования: i was reading

"No. I was reading. Just getting ready to go to sleep. Charles and I were going out for dinner, but the weather's too nasty.
— Нет. Я читала перед сном. Мы с Чарльзом собирались пойти пообедать, но погода испортилась,
"Really," said Lorilleux, who was listening, "I don't understand why the Government doesn't come to the aid of the invalids of labor. I was reading that in a newspaper the other day."
- Право, - сказал Лорилле, прислушивавшийся к разговору, - я не понимаю, почему правительство не помогает инвалидам труда... На днях я прочел в газете...
I was reading a Nicholai Hel novel.
Я читал роман Николая Хеля.
I was reading your posters.
Читал ваши постеры.
I was reading something like this.
Я читал что-то вроде этого.
You see I was reading. Of course I looked up from my book from time to time but as it happened the sea was quiet each time I did so."
Я читала и поднимала глаза от книги только изредка. Насколько я помню, каждый раз, когда я смотрела на море, там ничего не было видно.
"Well, in addition to that, I've just been reading an account of him which these fellows left with me.
- Между прочим, я тут прочел о нем статью, которую эти господа оставили мне.
My husband was lying on the floor and I was reading to them.
Мой муж лежал на полу, а я читала им.
Then I got this book I was reading and sat down in my chair.
Потом я взял книгу, которую читал, и сел в кресло.
I was reading about Processes.
Я читал о Процессах.
I was reading The Times, and I think it was when I was turning the sheet that I noticed Miss Pebmarsh passing the front gate.
Я читала "Тайме" и, когда переворачивала страницу, заметила мисс Пебмарш. Она проходила мимо калитки.
- Eight a.m. I was reading...
Я тут прочел...
He sat next to me on the bed, where I was reading.
Он сел рядом со мной на кровать, где я читала.
I've been reading about him.
Читал как-то о нем.
I was reading about the Cactus project.
Я читал о проекте "Кактус".
Now listen here. I was reading a magazine last night before I went to sleep.
Так вот слушайте: вчера перед сном я читала журнал.