Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [v-ing] them the " in BNC.
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1 | I was teaching them the fine art of drinking Tequila Slammers , one of the fastest ways of getting spifflicated known to man . |
2 | On that morning I was giving them the latest news of Nigel . |
3 | Who do you think was making the audience laugh while you were giving them the full force of your personality ? |
4 | I just wan na find out who was writing them the letters and then I can finish . |
5 | You had to go to such trouble to persuade the subject to accept the poison and when ( or rather , in his case if ) you managed it , your very intimacy made it all too clear to everyone that you were the one who was slipping them the doctored crumble , the dodgy spaghetti bolognese or the potato salad unusually rich in mineral salts . |
6 | Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there . |