Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [verb] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
| 2 | and she were telling me the guy that runs it wo n't let them talk to the customers , said that was pig ignorant surely |
| 3 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She give us all these , like diseases and we had to learn parrot learn them the definition for them cos she were giving us a test on them . |
| 6 | Playing the exact same solos every night on tour is good too , because the notes are firmly ingrained in your head and that makes it harder for you to mess up in a major way , which is something that could happen if you were winging it every night . |
| 7 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You were pushing it a bit today , Fran . |
| 9 | This afternoon you came to my office as if you were doing me a favour . |
| 10 | If we were paying them a salary then of course it 's up to us whether we have them at sitting at home doing nothing , they would n't they 'd soon get bored with it . |
| 11 | But , there are ways of checking , yo you can you can , obviously compare words and then perhaps you can er invariably time about the situations and draw your own conclusions as to whether they were telling you a lie earlier on . |
| 12 | They were sending us a message . ’ |
| 13 | Not one organisation wrote to the Home Secretary indicating they were supporting what the Government is now putting for the House . |
| 14 | Whether that was down to the powers that be I do n't know ; perhaps they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain about where I was put . |
| 15 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
| 16 | Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the |
| 17 | But Lothar then extracted a further concession , " since he would not have , he said , in the share [ of the regnum ] they were offering him the wherewithal to make good to his own supporters that which they had lost . |
| 18 | So did did they think they were doing themselves a disservice then when they , maybe when they amalgamated , or when they became part of the boilermakers , or when the boilermakers started taking in various trades to approach the employers as a as a a black squad unit for wage rises and conditions and so on , or did they they Would they have preferred to have done it themselves do you think ? |
| 19 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |
| 20 | Even after five years they were finding it a bit difficult in Oxford , you see , a bit sticky . |
| 21 | I do n't want you to give me your answers now , I am as it were giving you the opportunity now , over lunch , to consider this matter . |
| 22 | His lips even moved a little , as if he were giving himself a consultation . |
| 23 | He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way . |