Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Collector and Hookum Singh had their backs to this wall of flesh , with bayonets sprouting from between their legs and under their armpits ; they were shoving and shoving , and they in turn were being shoved by the other Sikhs , who were struggling to keep them in place . |
| 2 | The shipwrights of Exeter , for example , bound themselves in 1766 not to work for masters who were seeking to employ them at " less wages than have been from time immemorially paid to journeymen shipwrights " , to " deprive " them of " several of their ancient rights and privileges " and to impose longer hours than had been " usual and customary " . |
| 3 | It could equally be that they had spotted my men following them and were attempting to shake them off . ’ |
| 4 | The men who had pierced the final aperture were waiting to greet them : identifiable as a body of sweat , and heat and small movements that resolved into a murmur , a clink of spade and a clap on shoulder or back . |
| 5 | As vesting day , 1 April 1948 , approached , the shape of the organisations which were to take over the industry , and the men who were going to lead them at national and regional level were known . |
| 6 | If , if were going to give them transfer real wealth , machine tools and all the rest . |
| 7 | Blanche was right to insist that these leads were followed up but it did not look as if they were going to take them anywhere . |
| 8 | Christina ordered two more rums — she could see they were going to need them — and asked the bartender if they could go somewhere quieter . |
| 9 | And they were going to put them in the shape of an arrowhead . |
| 10 | I thought you were going to put them inside here |
| 11 | You were going to sell them at one and tuppence each . |
| 12 | So the saving that we were going to make them , by reducing five per cent but increasing the lancer machine bearings and bumping this standard cost one up to well as it turned out , seventeen per cent margin . |
| 13 | So you 're actually saying , you go to somebody 's house , and you take an application , in the processing period , they die in an accident , we will pay out , whether we were going to accept them or not , we will pay out , but it 's only on accident . |
| 14 | They knew their rights and they were going to get them . |
| 15 | They 'd had the stuff for a couple of years in the store and we were going to meet them there , at number twenty five Lilac Avenue , New Brighton . |
| 16 | About two hundred warriors were squatting under some of these trees and more were hurrying to join them . |
| 17 | Do you not think that I mean the people who were saying keep them there they 're saying it adds something to what 's in the city centre do you not agree ? |
| 18 | Late one afternoon Rioja had rushed in to tell them that the whole camp was being evacuated across the border and they must flee before the men who were coming to shoot them reached the hut . |
| 19 | Although it could have been a genuine geographical variation , the fear was that staff were failing to record them because they thought this might lead to unresolvable problems which would jeopardise planning . |
| 20 | A cleanliness CAT team discovered the front desk was blocking rooms which had not been cleaned , and groups were arriving to claim them between shifts , so communication between housekeeping and the front desk was improved . |
| 21 | And we were trying to kill them everything . |
| 22 | The police were trying to interview them and a TV reporter was talking into a camera , his face lit with a bright light . |
| 23 | Officials were trying to move them but after a word with our security people , we allowed them to stay . |
| 24 | In seeking to allay our respondent 's fears , we replied that we were aware of the problems and were trying to minimise them . |
| 25 | If you try saying ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ with a level tone ( rather as though you were trying to sing them on a steady note ) you may find the result does not sound natural , and indeed English speakers do not use level tones on one-syllable utterances very frequently . |
| 26 | Well you , you learnt about the technique with the mares when you were trying to wean them did n't you ? |
| 27 | ‘ Manfred and Gloria said they 'd met them and were trying to shake them off , ’ Mick replied . |
| 28 | They were trying plug them for a hundred and fifty thousand were n't they ? |
| 29 | Patscentre made Yes-Man after it decided that robots were getting too complicated : manufacturers were trying to make them both cognitive and manipulative . |
| 30 | Oh , right , we row , we lucky we 've got a row of trees all the way along the back fence like , and in the summer when all the foliage makes quite a nice barrier for the noise and sound and stuff , but what were trying to do is to stop them from , were trying to make them spread out |