Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It were raining last night at what time did we go ? |
| 2 | What the one we were using last night ? |
| 3 | You were bouncing last night were n't you ? |
| 4 | Intel Corp shares were bouncing last week on excitement generated by a suggestion from Alex Brown & Sons analyst Erik Jansen that he believed Intel was negotiating to use an IBM Corp chip plant in order to boost production of 80486 and Pentium computers . |
| 5 | Both clubs were meeting last night to discuss the implications of the ban . |
| 6 | Both clubs were meeting last night to discuss the implications of the ban . |
| 7 | The family were living next door when they incurred the parking fine , they believe that 's why they received no reminders and no court documents . |
| 8 | Tory chiefs were celebrating last night as a top Labour man prepared to join Tory ranks . ’ |
| 9 | THE Jones family were celebrating last night after their pet terrier , Tiger , returned to their home at Welshpool , Powys , after going missing three years ago . |
| 10 | ‘ Fears were growing last night for the safety of Sir Vivien Blacker , Bart . |
| 11 | Fears were growing last night that the enforced departure of almost all foreign journalists from East Germany by midnight would signal the beginning of a sharp crackdown on all dissent . |
| 12 | Were going next year , we hope to with Maurice , do n't he , he wants to go do n't he ? |
| 13 | The balloons , which set off from Maine on the US East Coast , were moving last night towards Newfoundland . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's just one last point , ’ said Blanche , ‘ the clothes you were wearing last night when I called round . |
| 15 | That dress you were wearing last night was quite a disguise . ’ |
| 16 | The black number you were wearing last night was still lying on the bathroom floor in a sodden heap when I found it this morning . ’ |
| 17 | Never mind , also , they were wearing last year 's all yellow kit . |
| 18 | In the meantime , he has given the socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 19 | In the meantime , he has given the Socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 20 | Her misery was made complete because she was separated from her two sons who were flying first class . |
| 21 | Encouraged , he said : ‘ Well , you remember what we were saying last night , about Scott Fitzgerald … ’ |
| 22 | Well they 've wanted a mid-field player and a good striker , now people well write letters to local press informing them of this , but they do n't seem to be prepared to do this , they , the managers want to do their own thing as far as I can see they think the people on the terraces do n't know anything , but Jim and I were saying last night they wanted a mid-field player for ages now all this season , a ball winner , they have n't had one since Willie used to play and |
| 23 | and we were saying last year we could of done with having him for a bit |
| 24 | Dan man you 've got th Dan you know the tape that we were recording last night , you 've got ta hear it yeah there 's this bit , yeah , where erm Alex just walks off yeah with the Walkman yeah and he goes into the toilet |
| 25 | BBC bosses were reeling last night over a claim by The Sun that one of its employees was responsible for the leak . |
| 26 | MINERS were threatening last night to drag Michael Heseltine back to court for not ordering 10 axed pits to be reopened . |
| 27 | Like , what the hell did you think you were doing last night ? |
| 28 | Guess what we were doing last night . |
| 29 | That 's why I asked if you were babysitting last night . |
| 30 | ‘ Did you know , ’ he asked , ‘ when you were improvising last night , a cat sat on your lap for a while ? ’ |