Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not as though I were writing a new book , ’ Elinor said crossly . |
| 2 | Today my brother and I were catching the 7.00 am aeroplane from Newcastle to Corfu . |
| 3 | If I were wearing a next-to-nothing nightie and he was sitting on my bed , I 'd be having serious trouble breathing too ! |
| 4 | I were flying the next day to Benidorm I 've had trouble all the time with me back |
| 5 | It 's the sort of ’ You stupid boy , stop trying to drown yourself ’ speech I can imagine I would deliver if I were dragging a recalcitrant lad back to land . |
| 6 | If I were interviewing a new act , I would try to ascertain their sheer punishment factor . |
| 7 | There was this rather famous instance where he had to scrub the floor while Pamela and I were having a long and involved discussion , but I was told that people could n't take their eyes off him . |
| 8 | After many years of steady stage and television work , it was as if she were exploring a rich new emotional seam in her work . |
| 9 | Second , there are many loopholes in the legislation ; for instance , until very recently a woman could only claim equal pay if she were doing the identical work of a man and , since occupations are typically segregated by sex , it is often difficult to find such a comparable man . |
| 10 | She tried not to sound as though she were interrogating the older woman . |
| 11 | as if she were putting the same reel of film back in the projector , she ran through the whole scene once again : she is speaking to the visitor , Paul is watching them with astonishment , and the guest is saying : ‘ In your next life , do you want to stay together or never meet again ? ’ |
| 12 | Puts on airs as if she were running a literary salon . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ — but then , while I was merely trying to relieve your pain , you were issuing the blatant invitation — ’ |
| 14 | oh I thought you were buying a new one with that money |
| 15 | Let's say you were buying a particular stock … ’ |
| 16 | What type of service would you prefer if you were buying the following : |
| 17 | You were wearing a blue gaberdine suit and a white blouse with a pussy bow at the neck . ’ |
| 18 | You might have to show the inspector the stamp to show that you were wearing the correct trousers — every now and then , you had to bring all your uniform in and all your uniform was an awful lot of uniform . |
| 19 | Did n't realize you were bringing the whole thing . |
| 20 | The real reason she 'd wanted to leave was the harsh discovery that when you were nursing a broken heart there was nothing more painful than being surrounded by others who were happily in love . |
| 21 | So it 's I mean , let's see , you were getting a thousand pound a month , you 're now gon na get eleven hundred pounds a month , |
| 22 | Now let's say we 've done that we thought there were three people here so you though you were getting a third right . |
| 23 | You 've got , I think you got lost and the reason why you , you were getting yourself erm tied up in the figures and why there was less eye contact was because you were getting a little bit lost with those figures at the top of the page . |
| 24 | If you were taking an approved course of training ( see leaflet NI 125 from your Social Security office ) . |
| 25 | But can can I can I just come back to the point that if you were taking the lowest figure , I mean how realistic is it to assume that you could actually hold to that ? |
| 26 | Keep two cartridges in your hand all the time , and then as soon as you 'd handed your gun , and you were taking the other one , and he was the empty one . |
| 27 | Those of us who sat on the urban policies committee for a number of years seeing Moat devour and all the stoppages and problems there , knew that you were taking the wrong line . |
| 28 | And that presupposes in that calculation , if you were taking the worst case , that that would all be greenfield land . |
| 29 | However if you were receiving the extra transitional relief in 1990–91 then you should not need to apply again . |
| 30 | He confirmed this impression by asking in tones rank with disbelief , ‘ You mean to tell me you thought you were pursuing a poor man ? ’ |