Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret and I were discussing Payroll computing options today . |
| 2 | I noticed it when I were doing window other day |
| 3 | In the bedroom upstairs his wife and I were making love slowly . |
| 4 | SUMMERCHILD : Actually , I do feel a little as if I were coming face to face with my past in some kind of way . |
| 5 | And now we 've come to stage whereas I mean I were cleaning carpet every minute of day . |
| 6 | If I were playing tennis , I would put the ball back in the hon. Gentleman 's court by asking whether he thinks that those claims are genuine because they have been put through someone 's letter box and because they ask the recipient to sign the form and post it back . |
| 7 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 8 | She had mastered Eddie 's cycle and came around the corner as though she were taking part in one of the bicycle races which had recently become such a popular spectator sport . |
| 9 | She listened purely as if she were receiving information intended to entertain , not to disturb , from the radio . |
| 10 | She did have it all bandaged up , she were she were cleaning toilet at bottom , and er , apparently there was a piece out of it and she did n't know , and she wiped round it , it sliced it , and it were bleeding like mad , well she came across to our 'ouse , and we were n't in , and then she went to Kevin 's and she had she had it , but it , now it 's just like a line now , |
| 11 | The woman on the screen frowned as if she were having difficulty seeing them . |
| 12 | Then she smiled though her eyes remained cold as winter and said , ‘ Are you enjoying your time in the Army ? ’ — as if she were making conversation in a drawing-room , Carrie thought , instead of standing in a hay field in summer in a long , silk ball gown . |
| 13 | Then , suddenly , it was as though she were making love to another man . |
| 14 | She spread out the balance sheet of her life rather as if she were playing Patience . |
| 15 | R.B. Yes , so you were buying respectability ? |
| 16 | When you came to those two meetings at Oulton Park you were wearing school uniform ! ’ |
| 17 | If if if if you were wanting to buy erm buy a house if you were moving house , and I did n't realize until the other day that ninety percent of people who buy and sell houses are moving within their own area . |
| 18 | He would start the evening in his quiet , sometimes moody , Kansas drawl and would end up in ranting fashion , telling them all that things would be different when he and the rest of ‘ new ’ Hollywood were running things , and they would all be clapped in irons , which was hardly the brightest way to inspire confidence at a time when you were seeking film money . |
| 19 | you were entitled to free treatment because you were getting Income Support or Family Credit or |
| 20 | And at the end of the day you would be into relating what people do in their job descriptions to whether you were getting value for money from those members of staff . |
| 21 | NOTE : EVEN IF YOU WERE GETTING HOUSING BENEFIT AND/OR INCOME SUPPORT BEFORE 1ST APRIL 1990 YOU MUST STILL APPLY FOR COMMUNITY CHARGE BENEFIT BY COMPLETING THE NECESSARY FORM . |
| 22 | Your pension will automatically be permanently increased if you were getting invalidity allowance with invalidity benefit within eight weeks before reaching retirement age . |
| 23 | Thought you were getting Christmas pudding |
| 24 | Then at the end of the quarter you were getting dividend for twenty people . |
| 25 | Well you see it may be important where the information came from , you did n't get it from the cards , you say you were getting information from all directions . |
| 26 | And that was er Oh it could break your arm you know , this huge big flywheel and you were taking hold of one of the of the of the spokes and turning it , if it were to backfire suddenly , it could break your arm . |
| 27 | So the first gig you attended was one that you were taking part in ? |
| 28 | Do n't think you can barge in here harassing me like this , ’ she snapped , ‘ shooting questions at me as if you were taking part in a firing squad . ’ |
| 29 | You were ta , you were taking advantage , not him ! |
| 30 | You were taking money out of this fund when relatives of the dead were hoping to be paid funeral expenses , and this caused a great deal of distress and anger . ’ |