Example sentences of "[noun] were [v-ing] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 2 | She told them about her house and that the managers were calling her a thief . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | After Big Bang , private clients discovered that stockbrokers were offering them an increasingly impersonal service . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I could not get over the fact that people were giving me the responsibility of telling them how to get me up , and that I could choose what time I went to bed ! |
| 7 | ‘ In Bishopsgate there was a man lying on the ground and other people were giving him the kiss of life . ’ |
| 8 | The uniforms were giving her the once-over . |
| 9 | He said that he wondered whether the government had lost control of the security forces or whether the security forces were doing what the government wanted . |
| 10 | I think the doctors were telling her the truth . ’ |
| 11 | These problems and a long evening incarcerated below decks without fresh air were giving her a headache . |
| 12 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 13 | The new publishers were giving him a launch party and wanted names for the guest list . |
| 14 | Yeah cos , my mates were telling me the other day what 's Gilly said ? |
| 15 | Too often I was asked to bowl defensively , brought into the attack to stop the flood of runs when batsmen were giving us a caning . |
| 16 | ‘ Th'did more for me when Garty were giving me a beating . ’ |
| 17 | Me and me mam were singing it the other night . |