Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that win , Hope 's family and supporters celebrated with champagne in the dressing room and Lawless recalled : ‘ We only had a few glasses and Mo and I were drinking out of the same one . |
| 2 | And when it happened , you were passing by on the bus , tuning in to their moment from another reality , like switching through channels on late-night TV . |
| 3 | Oh , I did my homework , while you were screaming along with the boys ! |
| 4 | ‘ I was asking , Preston , how you were getting on with the Devil . ’ |
| 5 | Carry the Lecfile with you , containing perhaps two or three of the last sheets that you were working on at the previous lecture . |
| 6 | I first saw him when you were sitting out on the veranda ; but I did n't pay any attention to him . |
| 7 | You said yesterday you were going along with the Irish |
| 8 | and you were going out into the |
| 9 | Oh chicken , you did n't think when you were running around on the farm that you would be lucky enough to be served to one who — May I ? |
| 10 | He said we were holding on to the ball , but we wanted it to come out . |
| 11 | So off we went out and we played our football , and I came back , and we were sneaking in through the back door and bumped right into him . |
| 12 | Now the sky was blue , and we were bowling along beside the edge of the cliffs , with views across the water to distant strands . |
| 13 | We do not send you copies of every letter we write , minutes of every meeting we attend , etc because we assumed you would realise we were getting on with the job . |
| 14 | As we were stepping on to the adjoining barge , the man on the bench called out to us . |
| 15 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 16 | After a slower than expected march we were gearing up on the famous Green Ledge in bright sunshine — the Ennerdale mountains stretching away like the bony spine of a slumbering dragon . |
| 17 | ‘ Coming sir , ’ they both trilled , and soon we were sitting down at the dining table in a corner of the living-room . |
| 18 | I think that year we were making up for the limitations of the one before . |
| 19 | ‘ We were blundering around in the darkness ! ’ said Gurder . |
| 20 | Did n't look very well , we were walking down by the side of the road ! |
| 21 | Then we were walking back towards the carriage , and as we passed I heard Mr Jonesy say to the preacher , ‘ I 'll give 'im the devil when I get 'im 'ome . ’ |
| 22 | On the contrary , when that afternoon 's session ended and we were walking back across the campus , he put one of his Anglepoise arms across my shoulders and attempted some avuncularity . |
| 23 | As we were walking back through the garden to the house , he said to me , ‘ Jane , you 've had a strange night . |
| 24 | One minute we were quite settled in Leeds and the next minute we were running around in the rain in Brighton trying to get a flat and not being able to draw dole . |
| 25 | Just as we were coming up to the laundry , Kaptan broke free of the Corporal and ran down the side of the building . |
| 26 | Of course , that sort of thing has a really limited audience and , because we were living in Hawaii , there was nobody there to watch us anyway , so we were coming up with the most insane stuff we could do , basically just to please ourselves ! |
| 27 | I think he was convinced the green was fast , but maybe he had forgotten we were coming out of the rough and the topspin ran us through the green . |
| 28 | But as we were coming out of the doorway , running across there , sidling round the side was the inspector . |
| 29 | Because when we were coming back from the park at er , no not the park where was we ? |
| 30 | At the time a lot of people felt we were selling out at the bottom , but I have n't heard that accusation recently . ’ |