Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [verb] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 2 | You were congratulating yourselves on the fact earlier , I know . ’ |
| 3 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
| 4 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 5 | If we were to put you on a slimming diet providing you with 1,500 calories a day , you would be 500 calories short of your requirement and these would have to be taken from your body fat . |
| 6 | I 'd be looking for sixty five for ours , if we were to put it on the market , I mean we 're not |
| 7 | T frankly , yes it did , but I mean you were reading it pretty well correctly the way they read I mean most of us read things I know I do myself , one reads things quicker than perhaps some would if we were reading them on a radio or something . |
| 8 | On the day arrangements went smoothly and we were settling ourselves on the 1220 ex Llangollen when Colin appeared in person , having done his work in the small hours and put our visit ahead of his sleep ! |
| 9 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |