Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Desperate Ricky should n't think she was giving him the come-on , she had the door open before the car stopped . |
| 2 | If she had thought she was showing him a stop-light , however , he must have seen it as a green one , for his arm suddenly tightened and there was a definite amorous gleam in his eye as he edged closer to her and breathed seductively , ‘ I like you so much , Fabia . ’ |
| 3 | And er this erm tt As I say this old man , he he he 'd did n't like coming in too soon in the morning , and er a I could see he was finding it a bit difficult to find both our wages out of his money , although I got there to time and worked . |
| 4 | By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job . |
| 5 | Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot |
| 6 | And , and of course needlework , but erm they were mainly the , I suppose they were giving you a good er grounding as they 'd call it in those days . |
| 7 | I thought I was giving you a lift |
| 8 | I thought you were calling me the bearded wonder then . |
| 9 | He thought she was giving him an unmistakable message of availability . |
| 10 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 11 | I thought we were getting her the one with the drawers one with a lockable cupboard is , |
| 12 | I thought we were getting her the one , but the only thing is the other has got drawers both sides has n't it ? if I remember rightly . |
| 13 | Chance , fate or whatever you want to call it was offering me the opportunity to finally get you out of my system . |
| 14 | She knew he was leaving her the next day , perhaps for ever . |
| 15 | She thought he was throwing her a sop and it steeled her . |
| 16 | Now he s he thought he was giving me the same stuff , I did n't know what I was on , all I knew was I felt twice as bad . |
| 17 | He probably was k feeling kind because he thought he was giving you a nice stick . |
| 18 | But yesterday he announced he was calling it a day . |
| 19 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
| 20 | As she spoke she was laying him a place at the kitchen table , and serving him his meal . |
| 21 | ‘ He said he was making them an offer they could n't accept . |
| 22 | And with that sarcastic tone she had always disliked he said he was giving her the answers : he ha.i acquired a duplicate set of keys to help in his research for Eliot . |