Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and she were telling me the guy that runs it wo n't let them talk to the customers , said that was pig ignorant surely |
| 2 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
| 3 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
| 4 | She was offering him the deputy to Hitler , through an intermediary who was a friend of George Vl and Winston Churchill . |
| 5 | Again she was giving him the opportunity to ask her to lengthen the period — or to indicate in some way that he had no wish for her to leave . |
| 6 | Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last , he readily accepted . |
| 7 | Desperate Ricky should n't think she was giving him the come-on , she had the door open before the car stopped . |
| 8 | She was tellin' me the ovver day she wants Fred ter try an' get that empty 'ouse next door ter make the place bigger . |