Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] were [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did not know you were looking in my direction , Khan . ’ |
| 2 | I did n't know you were talking about bread . |
| 3 | I expect you were thinking about the virginal conception of Jesus which is described in the Gospels of Mathew and Luke . |
| 4 | You used it again when you 'd just got off the train from Paddington tonight , when you pretended you were waiting for Mrs Downes — ’ |
| 5 | Yeah but like if wan na catch someone out , like you go say you were talking to Scott and I wanted to find out something and like I go Scott , and like I 'll be going up close to him , I 'm literally doing this , I 'm going Scott ? |
| 6 | Pat Ayers quotes one of those same street people : ‘ Just say you were standing on the corner , now if you had seen a policeman coming over the bridge … you automatically moved . |
| 7 | What were you erm what were you s how come you were waiting for Jim tonight ? |
| 8 | So how come you were working with gaffer ? |
| 9 | ‘ He would be proud to know you were sitting in the audience tonight . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm being obtuse , but why should our visit to Nice suggest we were shopping for drugs ? |
| 11 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 12 | Right if we were looking for a fifteenth , say we were looking for a fifteenth what would make |
| 13 | Initially we had to start from scratch to find out about drug use and drug users , for we were not even one-eyed kings in this land of the blind ; and we quickly found we were delving into a new and complex social world . |
| 14 | We put enough rehearsal in to know we were going to be okay ; it was n't people just going up there and jamming . ’ |
| 15 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 16 | I did n't know they were coming from She never said she sai just said I 'm just holding out for some |
| 17 | And although the guys knew each other pretty well , they did n't know they were each coming to me , and they also did n't know they were asking for essentially the same mods ! |
| 18 | She had completely forgotten they were looking for Garry — she had them deep in a holiday romance . |
| 19 | He moved so rapidly that by the time she had recovered enough to scream they were driving towards her flat . |
| 20 | As they uncovered it , they found they were looking at not a human , but an animal . |
| 21 | H. P. We used to keep an eye on pubs where the sergeant and the constable used to do a month at a time , visiting the cinemas , theatres , and public houses , licensed places , and do some pubs , night after night — just checking things , and at five past ten , you 'd be right in checking they were keeping to closing time . |
| 22 | Right , do you think do you think did the army consider they were going into a colonial situation ? |
| 23 | Mills and Poole admit fighting with Wiltshire , but say they were acting in self defence . |
| 24 | ‘ Meanwhile , ’ said Marshall , ‘ if you want a laugh you could read what the staff say they were wearing on Friday . |
| 25 | Imagine you were living in Mexico City , one of the most polluted environments in the world . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'd said you were thinking of going to Prague . |
| 27 | Did you se , the advert with er Ronnie Barker talking to that other feller and he says oh aye he says we were going through a really bad patch me and the wife who went to marriage guidance and Ronnie Barker says oh did it do you any good ? |
| 28 | Then , came Peter 's most frightening moment : ‘ We were sent out in a Land Rover and told we were driving through enemy territory . ’ |
| 29 | And they netted £10,000 from generous customers who believed they were donating to charity . |
| 30 | They believed they were operating with Government approval and even risked their lives to spy on Saddam . |