Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pers pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He said you were bringing her some thirst quenchers , and he asked me to run down and collect them . |
| 2 | ‘ Would it not be better if you were asking us such questions with a beer in front of yourself and the taste of it warming your throat ? |
| 3 | ‘ The tackle from behind has been stopped here for a long time , but they were doing it all night and getting away with it . |
| 4 | It was as if she were giving me some hyacinth bulbs and saying December was a bit late to plant them . |
| 5 | One day , she came out to the perimeter fence ; another , she came into the kitchen when they were making me some food . |
| 6 | Was what you were telling him this morning , was it ? |
| 7 | Just a few months ago , Opposition Members were telling us that trust hospitals would fail and that they should be judged by the simple test of whether they do more or less work on NHS patients . |
| 8 | ‘ I was picturing her face when I said I was seeing you this evening . ’ |
| 9 | I was work la last week and I erm I got ta scrub my nails after done everything anyway like every , like after I made the sandwiches , I scrub my nails after I 've been washing up , scrub my nails so I was scrubbing them all day Saturday , last week and it still did n't come out . |
| 10 | She was bringing them some papers and some photographs in a big brown envelope . |
| 11 | Because there was nothing left any more for him to care about , and if his attitude over the past forty-eight bours was anything to go by , he was keeping it that way . |
| 12 | He stuffed the bundle of papers into his pocket and pulled a face , as if the toothpick was causing him some sort of pain . |
| 13 | Without warning , she suspended her scrutiny to locate a flea which was causing her some bother . |
| 14 | Then a Rate 1 back onto 210 and descend towards the pilot ; the sun was low and that was causing me some problems ; seventy knots , no flaps in case I had to move fast , 100 feet — hold it . |
| 15 | The King was paying him some money every year , and Ben wanted to give a party for his friends . |
| 16 | ‘ I fear I was paying you little attention . |
| 17 | Sadie was tellin' me that bloke they ‘ ung last year fer killin' that shopkeeper over in Stepney used ter be one o' the crowd 'er Billy 's gettin' wiv . ’ |
| 18 | Tracey was getting her that brooch . |
| 19 | Did n't know she was getting it , I was getting it this morning . |
| 20 | I was feeding him some biscuits and then went to kick a ball . |
| 21 | It was buying her some time and some space , nothing more . |
| 22 | I was rather surprised that he was asking me these questions . |
| 23 | Until she was approaching her half century Hannah was probably the least travelled person anywhere in the northern counties . |
| 24 | It was n't sexual jealousy that was afflicting her this time , for it was obvious that the woman was just a good friend . |
| 25 | I skate down the road a bit before I shout at cops — or anyone that was giving me some shit . |
| 26 | They had been brought here to round up the escaped prisoners but fortunately no one was giving them any information . |
| 27 | ‘ I was out with Annsley one evening and I was giving him some stick about not putting something back into the game , ’ said Armstrong . |
| 28 | She was completely at a loss to know how to deal with this man — even more at a loss to know just why he was affecting her this way . |
| 29 | I was reading it this morning . ’ |
| 30 | I did fucking , I did five years of normal paperwork and plus for the last three years I did double as well cos I got kicked out of french , so I was in metal work like , four hours of metal work every week the last three three years and , cos I was like nine times out of ten I was the only bloke there , the er , the er metal work teacher got on really well , he was showing me all sorts of stuff and I never got to do the actual metal work lesson |