Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me and me mam were singing it the other night . |
| 2 | Now the next thing I 'd like you to note down is when I say other actors in the international system , obviously there are other governments as well but as well as governments if you , the word actors is quite often used in international affairs , if you were to list what the other actors are erm would you , would you note down them , say , put four or five other actors . |
| 3 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 4 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
| 5 | Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there . |
| 6 | I thought we were getting her the one with the drawers one with a lockable cupboard is , |
| 7 | I thought we were getting her the one , but the only thing is the other has got drawers both sides has n't it ? if I remember rightly . |
| 8 | I thought you were calling me the bearded wonder then . |
| 9 | When Edward Thomas entered the History Eighth at St. Paul 's in January 1894 , he was at least seventeen months younger than the seven pupils who had joined the class in the previous July or September and who were to leave it the following June . |
| 10 | Not one organisation wrote to the Home Secretary indicating they were supporting what the Government is now putting for the House . |
| 11 | In 1893 the Forget-me-nots were billed us the ‘ smallest dancers on the variety stage . |
| 12 | He said that he wondered whether the government had lost control of the security forces or whether the security forces were doing what the government wanted . |
| 13 | I think the answer is that simply as it who were doing what the name would otherwise have done , erm for the reasons your Lordship has given and , and your Lordship has seen of course that the analysis of the relationship between the name and the agent , erm , certainly as far as Mr is concerned , indeed we said it certainly it follows from what , what article eighty five does , it does n't effect the extensible authority point but and the |
| 14 | The uniforms were giving her the once-over . |
| 15 | While Hyacinth awarded marks , others , just as predatory , were giving her the eye . |
| 16 | ‘ In Bishopsgate there was a man lying on the ground and other people were giving him the kiss of life . ’ |
| 17 | And wh what they did , they carried out this test and they er in American and they erm were giving him the pills . |
| 18 | I could not get over the fact that people were giving me the responsibility of telling them how to get me up , and that I could choose what time I went to bed ! |
| 19 | Who do you think was making the audience laugh while you were giving them the full force of your personality ? |
| 20 | I do n't want you to give me your answers now , I am as it were giving you the opportunity now , over lunch , to consider this matter . |
| 21 | When they were asked what the ( say ) ‘ egg ’ was ‘ really , really ’ the three-year-olds answered correctly that it was a stone , but when asked what the object ‘ looks like to your eyes ’ they also said ‘ stone ’ . |
| 22 | In Behrend v. Produce Brokers ( 1920 K.B. ) part of the goods were delivered which the buyers accepted . |
| 23 | He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way . |
| 24 | The family have previously written to former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker asking for information , but were left none the wiser . |
| 25 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
| 26 | I think the doctors were telling her the truth . ’ |
| 27 | And you were telling me the other clubs men men had |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | Yeah cos , my mates were telling me the other day what 's Gilly said ? |
| 30 | 2 Remember all the details that you can — you may have forgotten some of them when you were telling it the first time . |