Was doing ~, Had been doing ~ (for a period)

Times per period, Per X time, Frequency of occurrence

Finally, at last, in the end

more than, over, than

every, at each interval, each time

as much as possible, whenever possible, to the best extent possible

About to do something, On the verge of doing something, Just about to happen

Despite, Although, Even though

I think, to think that..., to believe (that)

Such as, Things like, Etc.

like, similar to, resembling

Turning a verb into a noun; the act of verb-ing, Nominalizing a verb to talk about the action itself, The abstract or general idea of doing the verb

look like, appear, seem

turns i-adjectives into abstract nouns denoting quality, degree, or state, nominalizes adjectives to express the feeling or amount, used to discuss the nature or amount of a quality

Among other things, For example, Such as

Like that, That kind of, Such

Let's ..., I shall ... (casual volitional)

It seems that, It appears that, It looks like

not at all, completely (in negative contexts), utterly (with negation)

I wonder, I’m not sure, perhaps I wonder if...