Example sentences of "were just [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WE WERE just getting over the shock of seeing Arkle 's skeleton when this peacock strutted into the bar . |
| 2 | The final words were pronounced in ringing tones as they arrived back in the hall , where Officer Hassan and Dieter were just emerging from the salon . |
| 3 | It was said of a similar occasion at Southend that the police were just rushing into the crowd and nicking anybody . |
| 4 | ‘ They were just waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 5 | But I know that er the one or two people who told me that they 're going , er we were just going to the service in the church and then |
| 6 | you know , cos we were all single I think all of us were and we were just going for a joke cos seriously it 's just a cattle market at you know you do n't talk to people well you do but it 's just a laugh . |
| 7 | I mean I suppose if we were just going for the day it would be alright . |
| 8 | Right come the morning arrived and and somebody else I ca n't remember who though , and there we were all ready to go and were walking with the press into the massive great shed where they roll the paper and make it a massive place the size of a couple of football pitches , we were just going in the door and somebody said to me they 're no gon na be using their flash guns are they ? |
| 9 | They drove through the lemon groves , where early workers were just arriving in a lorry to pick the fruit and load it . |
| 10 | ‘ We were just talking about a case of Camille 's . ’ |
| 11 | Z Company were just returning from a fortnight 's well-earned leave while , as always , HQ Company were administering , paying , feeding , clothing and transporting the rest of the battalion . |