Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] were [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it makes me very bitter because the , this is the sort of thing that John and I we were going over one thing after the other . |
| 2 | The last time I saw you , you had an old Gretsch which you were thinking of getting rid of … |
| 3 | This was set up by the Fair Trade Foundation which you were asking about , . |
| 4 | A contact in Spain has managed to acquire a scarce publication which we were looking for , and has given the Library a copy . |
| 5 | We 'll we 'll we 'll leave no no we 'll no no we 'll leave these these prices here which we were gon na reduce , we 're gon na |
| 6 | Er he 's bought , he 's bought her two other things which we were gon na get her so we do n't have to buy her those either . |
| 7 | On this occasion , some of their bags were contained in the white diplomatic bag belonging to the Foreign Office , which they were using for convenience to contain their consignment — — and , as I have explained to the House , that was the commencement of the error in question which , of course , we very much regret . |
| 8 | I was working and all of a sudden and one the woman began to sing Rock of Ages in a loud voice and then the man joined in and I sort of thought I heard sort of and I thought oh , they 've got a bottle which they 've taken out of their pockets which they were passing from side to side . |
| 9 | For example , it included costs which ought more properly to have been included in their bill relating to the divorce proceedings , in which they were acting for the father . |
| 10 | Did n't passion arise from a clash of extremes rather than the equal union she and Dmitri shared — and which they were expressing in this long , unmoving screw ? |
| 11 | Assad had urged recognition that " the only beneficiary of the present crisis is Israel " , promising that Syrian forces would fight alongside Iraqis if they were attacked after a withdrawal from Kuwait , and arguing that only such a withdrawal would avoid giving the " enemies of our Arab nation … the golden opportunity which they were dreaming of one day having , and which today is present " . |
| 12 | He ended his talk by praising his staff for the way in which they were responding to students with special needs , particularly those with physical or sensory disabilities , who were increasingly seeking to pursue studies at the Darlington college . |
| 13 | As one solicitor ( Williams 1973 ) wrote , ‘ did these eminent bodies have the slightest idea of the nature of the delicate area on which they were trampling with their feet ? ’ |
| 14 | She knew it was her they were talking about , but the shock of her arrest , the exhausting interview with Nathan Bryce , lack of food and the unaccustomed heat had totally drained her . |
| 15 | Well someone told me you were thinking about it . |
| 16 | Then , when he told me you were coming to Lisboa — You reckoned Simon was envious . |
| 17 | But Domino … oh , Damian , why did you keep telling me you were sleeping with her ? |
| 18 | And tell me you were saying about harvest homes . |
| 19 | Tell me you were saying about the tell me what happened at the muckle suppers . |
| 20 | I realize now whom you were talking about . |
| 21 | Er the , the money , the money that I money difference was n't great but the fact was er who you were thinking about er when you did come out . |
| 22 | I du n no who you were gon na make it out to but make it out |
| 23 | You know who you were talking to . |
| 24 | The thing I remember about him as an engineer was that we used to get these forms that told you each week who you were going to be working on , what the line-up was , and I saw this thing and it said David Bowie , Studio Two . |
| 25 | And what what was school like when you you were going to school ? |
| 26 | I could n't understand what you you were saying to Iris though . |
| 27 | I know you you were telling me you you were applying for erm to get meals on wheels , but you ha that has n't come through yet . |
| 28 | Every time you you were gon na ask , I said stop . |
| 29 | He made sure we appreciated who we were playing for — our country and our fans . |
| 30 | Anyway there 's a advertisement in there for Grays at Bentley and , it were funny because Jack and Sherry who we were talking to yesterday , they said that shop in Bentley did n't they ? |