Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were reading it down the tape and I had to tape it all . |
| 2 | My parents had stayed over in Middlesbrough that night and they were taking me home the next day . |
| 3 | Soon all who were following me were leading me so the chances were that they were not following me though they could still be following me by leading me and then waiting around to ambush etcetera etcetera ; but of course not . |
| 4 | In fact , he was telling me only the other week , about the the number of criminals that he knows , they 're serving their they 're serving sentences , and they 're only one thing they 're longing and hoping for , it is get out , so they can knock another old lady down , |
| 5 | He was asking them how the hunt had begun , and what had happened before we joined it . |