Example sentences of "they [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Farmer Dawes said it might take them a few days to settle down but they were laying on the second day . ’ |
| 2 | Just as they were puzzling over the next move the man rang back to tell them that they were on a wild goose chase . |
| 3 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 4 | David Mellor , the man who warned journalists they were drinking in the Last Chance Saloon , was about to call last orders on himself . |
| 5 | Joseph lead the team towards the children 's section and as they were passing through a second explosion was felt . |
| 6 | They were staying on the eighth floor of the apartment block in the Upper Downtown financial area of the city where their daughter , Anne , a registered nurse , has lived for three years . |
| 7 | And they were going in the next morning , oh they 'd phoned up they 'd cancelled . |