Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was bringing in a patron a day . ’ |
| 2 | One evening I was bringing in a basket of apples from the garden , when a voice behind me said , ‘ Ellen , is that you ? ’ |
| 3 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 4 | er If it 's an emergency case — if you were bringing in a sick relative who you were wishing to have admitted to our accident and emergency department , you can park your car right outside the front door and bring your relative in . |
| 5 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 6 | Barefooted and bare-armed , she was bringing in the cows from the fields for milling . |
| 7 | So a conductor 's duty were n't very very nice then , probably three piece duties , which were spread duties but you know people thought they were bringing in a wonderful thing to be one man operated but it was before the war that we had one man operated buses . |
| 8 | But er when just before I left the polishing which was in nineteen thirty eight , er they were bringing in a lot of cellu it 's all th a lot of all this modern stuff is what they call cellulose , but I could n't tell you how it 's done , it 's done with a spray . |
| 9 | Each £250 or part of £250 will be treated as if it were bringing in an income of £1 a week . |
| 10 | However , what is slightly more problematic than the end of the prosecution is why it was brought in the first place . |
| 11 | Back at his hotel room , he was bringing in an odd collection of characters , presumably off the street , to use as models : a porter , a snow shoveller , old women , a soldier , various working men . |
| 12 | He took the precaution , however , of carrying a typewriter and books among his luggage so that he could prepare for an address at the University of Leeds which he was to give in the following year . |
| 13 | He was indulging in a little harmless deceit . |