Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were pushing it a bit today , Fran . |
| 2 | Well-bribed assassins — my uncle s creatures I doubt not — were marking my every move , ready to meet any show of force with greater force . |
| 3 | If we were paying them a salary then of course it 's up to us whether we have them at sitting at home doing nothing , they would n't they 'd soon get bored with it . |
| 4 | Whether that was down to the powers that be I do n't know ; perhaps they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain about where I was put . |
| 5 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
| 6 | She told them about her house and that the managers were calling her a thief . |
| 7 | They were sending us a message . ’ |
| 8 | And they rang up , and they said were sending you a list of what we expect to be available in the way of food at Christmas because we always have the same thing . |
| 9 | Not one organisation wrote to the Home Secretary indicating they were supporting what the Government is now putting for the House . |
| 10 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 11 | I think the answer is that simply as it who were doing what the name would otherwise have done , erm for the reasons your Lordship has given and , and your Lordship has seen of course that the analysis of the relationship between the name and the agent , erm , certainly as far as Mr is concerned , indeed we said it certainly it follows from what , what article eighty five does , it does n't effect the extensible authority point but and the |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | THE campaigners who took their seasonal message to the banks yesterday were doing them a favour . |
| 14 | So did did they think they were doing themselves a disservice then when they , maybe when they amalgamated , or when they became part of the boilermakers , or when the boilermakers started taking in various trades to approach the employers as a as a a black squad unit for wage rises and conditions and so on , or did they they Would they have preferred to have done it themselves do you think ? |
| 15 | This afternoon you came to my office as if you were doing me a favour . |
| 16 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | These problems and a long evening incarcerated below decks without fresh air were giving her a headache . |
| 19 | The uniforms were giving her the once-over . |
| 20 | While Hyacinth awarded marks , others , just as predatory , were giving her the eye . |
| 21 | His lips even moved a little , as if he were giving himself a consultation . |
| 22 | When Sara glanced back a few moments later , she saw that five liverymen had descended upon the urchin and were giving him a beating . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The new publishers were giving him a launch party and wanted names for the guest list . |
| 25 | ‘ In Bishopsgate there was a man lying on the ground and other people were giving him the kiss of life . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Th'did more for me when Garty were giving me a beating . ’ |
| 27 | 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 ! |
| 28 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She give us all these , like diseases and we had to learn parrot learn them the definition for them cos she were giving us a test on them . |