Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/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 | came across dry ginger one of my school girlfriends was giving me a recipe , which , for which one er fo for erm ginger beer |
| 4 | After Big Bang , private clients discovered that stockbrokers were offering them an increasingly impersonal service . |
| 5 | The uniforms were giving her the once-over . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I think the doctors were telling her the truth . ’ |
| 8 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 9 | The new publishers were giving him a launch party and wanted names for the guest list . |
| 10 | Yeah cos , my mates were telling me the other day what 's Gilly said ? |
| 11 | 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 . |