Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me and me mam were singing it the other night . |
| 2 | They were keeping it a secret and they were going to take him some place where they sold parrots . |
| 3 | ‘ You were pushing it a bit today , Fran . |
| 4 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 5 | If we were paying them a salary then of course it 's up to us whether we have them at sitting at home doing nothing , they would n't they 'd soon get bored with it . |
| 6 | He started living lavishly and tried to extort more and more money from the government who were paying him a tax-free pension of $1,050 a month . |
| 7 | Whether that was down to the powers that be I do n't know ; perhaps they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain about where I was put . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there . |
| 10 | I thought we were getting her the one with the drawers one with a lockable cupboard is , |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I thought you were calling me the bearded wonder then . |
| 13 | She told them about her house and that the managers were calling her a thief . |
| 14 | They were sending us a message . ’ |
| 15 | And they rang up , and they said were sending you a list of what we expect to be available in the way of food at Christmas because we always have the same thing . |
| 16 | THE campaigners who took their seasonal message to the banks yesterday were doing them a favour . |
| 17 | It was as if I were doing him a big favour . |
| 18 | ‘ Just one , ’ she said graciously , managing to make it sound as though she were doing him a big favour . |
| 19 | This afternoon you came to my office as if you were doing me a favour . |
| 20 | Now you were doing it a very neat way , a quick way , of doing it all in one go , were n't you ? |
| 21 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |
| 22 | According to estimates from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) and local Red Cross committees , some 2,500,000 people from the former Yugoslavia were displaced by the end of July , and some 10,000 people from Bosnia were joining them every day . |
| 23 | These problems and a long evening incarcerated below decks without fresh air were giving her a headache . |
| 24 | The uniforms were giving her the once-over . |
| 25 | While Hyacinth awarded marks , others , just as predatory , were giving her the eye . |
| 26 | The new publishers were giving him a launch party and wanted names for the guest list . |
| 27 | When Sara glanced back a few moments later , she saw that five liverymen had descended upon the urchin and were giving him a beating . |
| 28 | Willy-nilly , he was now the star of The Hooded Owl , and the rest of the cast were giving him a taste of the treatment afforded to stars . |
| 29 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 30 | ‘ In Bishopsgate there was a man lying on the ground and other people were giving him the kiss of life . ’ |