Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be absurd if my wife were to accuse me of using the word ‘ here ’ without meaning , since I did not know where I was . |
| 2 | At dinner one evening , we were congratulating him on getting the job and he mentioned this educational remit and that he had no idea what to do . |
| 3 | Rebecca was accusing her of starting the fire , and he was doing nothing to dispute the idea . |
| 4 | He was accusing her of having the morals of an alleycat again , and she was tired of it . |
| 5 | I was keeping it for cleaning the car . |
| 6 | He was either out and had n't switched on the answering machine or he was tormenting her by ignoring the telephone . |