Example sentences of "they [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were trying to back it into a stable but the magnificent beast was all set to charge . |
| 2 | There was a large pool of unemployed in those days and it seemed to us that no sooner were you in than they were trying to get you off the job . |
| 3 | They were trying plug them for a hundred and fifty thousand were n't they ? |
| 4 | Ergay , who understood their language , warned Omar that they were planning to attack us after dark . |
| 5 | He said they 'd call at eleven if they were going to call him at all . |
| 6 | And they were going to put them in the shape of an arrowhead . |
| 7 | They were going to put us in the workhouse . |
| 8 | So we made them a cup of tea and hopefully they were going to talk her into it . |
| 9 | SO even if they felt hostility , they were going to keep it to themselves . |
| 10 | Only then did I realize they were going to transport me up the mountain . |
| 11 | And erm they were going to send her for an interview straight away . |
| 12 | Brom not Brompton Barracks , Barracks , and I saw him there first of all and then he told me they were going send me to Tidworth . |
| 13 | Belinda wondered how on earth they were going to get it up the stairs and through the house , but she sensibly decided that it was their concern , not hers , and anyway the bedroom needed to be vacuumed first . |
| 14 | And they were going to throw it on the scrap heap but somebody in the mill the said , that was the bicycle that Adam had made . |