Example sentences of "they [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they were told was that erm a number of , a a short , short list would be made up , erm , with the possibility of them having a second interview , and they would be told one way or another whether or not they were getting a second interview , because we were n't in a position to say whether we were or were not appointing . |
| 2 | When they were doing the first picture they had , I think it was . |
| 3 | Men , I know , talk of such things with eagerness , with a little contempt ; it is as if they were describing the last meal they had , course by course . |
| 4 | Between them they were carrying the sixth figure — the limp , white faced form of Brett Grant . |
| 5 | They were saying the last time I heard them saying anything he was sort of going |