Example sentences of "were [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The villagers , tired now , were bringing their festivities to an end and streaming back across the green to the tavern or to their homes in search of other pleasures . |
| 2 | Two conferences of the Football Supporters ' Association have called for a re-think , but it seemed we were banging our heads against a brick wall . |
| 3 | The hill peoples were sending their representatives to a gathering at Panglong in the Shan States . |
| 4 | Afterwards I met two of these gentlemen who were exercising their elbows in a nearby hostelry and exercising their right to disagree on conscientious grounds with the Wesleyan distaste for alcoholic beverages . |
| 5 | Also , when staff were asked what features of a text would cause them to reject its use as a class reader , ‘ sexism ’ was volunteered as one such reason by staff in three of the six schools visited . |
| 6 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 7 | Retailers were pinning their hopes on a strong Christmas after recent figures published by the Central Statistical Office showed that the seasonally-adjusted volume of retail sales fell by 0.1% in November , reversing three continuous months of growth . |
| 8 | Ministers were pinning their hopes on a change of wording in ETA 's latest statement . |
| 9 | But many of their future commanders — John Durnford-Slater , Peter Young , Mike Calvert among them — were preparing their men for a new type of soldiering . |
| 10 | About five weeks ago , I had been invited to a presentation by Garth Enterprises , who were unveiling their plans for a golf course and leisure complex which would also include a hotel and the provision of some expensive houses alongside each fairway . |