Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] were [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last time I saw you , you had an old Gretsch which you were thinking of getting rid of … |
| 2 | This was set up by the Fair Trade Foundation which you were asking about , . |
| 3 | A contact in Spain has managed to acquire a scarce publication which we were looking for , and has given the Library a copy . |
| 4 | On this occasion , some of their bags were contained in the white diplomatic bag belonging to the Foreign Office , which they were using for convenience to contain their consignment — — and , as I have explained to the House , that was the commencement of the error in question which , of course , we very much regret . |
| 5 | I was working and all of a sudden and one the woman began to sing Rock of Ages in a loud voice and then the man joined in and I sort of thought I heard sort of and I thought oh , they 've got a bottle which they 've taken out of their pockets which they were passing from side to side . |
| 6 | For example , it included costs which ought more properly to have been included in their bill relating to the divorce proceedings , in which they were acting for the father . |
| 7 | Did n't passion arise from a clash of extremes rather than the equal union she and Dmitri shared — and which they were expressing in this long , unmoving screw ? |
| 8 | Assad had urged recognition that " the only beneficiary of the present crisis is Israel " , promising that Syrian forces would fight alongside Iraqis if they were attacked after a withdrawal from Kuwait , and arguing that only such a withdrawal would avoid giving the " enemies of our Arab nation … the golden opportunity which they were dreaming of one day having , and which today is present " . |
| 9 | He ended his talk by praising his staff for the way in which they were responding to students with special needs , particularly those with physical or sensory disabilities , who were increasingly seeking to pursue studies at the Darlington college . |
| 10 | As one solicitor ( Williams 1973 ) wrote , ‘ did these eminent bodies have the slightest idea of the nature of the delicate area on which they were trampling with their feet ? ’ |
| 11 | You know , what she were wearing in the book ? |
| 12 | erm what she were arguing with me about is her age . |
| 13 | Well anybody knows she actually int cos there was nobody in there to , to see what she were doing with it . |
| 14 | Oh yes , yo you 're destroying my belief in what you were thinking about . |
| 15 | Erm as er you went on as er as far as referrals were concerned and the objections that were raised you , you apacked really and , and , and went through and overcome those and at the end of the day you , you got the , you got really what you er what you were aiming for that er to get him to , to speak to these people between now and the next appointment so you could er , you could come back . |
| 16 | Erm so , so really what er although when you came to summarize the needs I 've actually put good but too technical because we all knew what you were getting at but erm but to actually be doing that but not know at what point he needs to stop at or wants to stop it , you did n't know erm the pension that he wanted and you did n't know at what age he wanted to retire at that point you know , you , you had n't got any of those facts from him , you know |
| 17 | I knew what you were getting at . |
| 18 | ‘ Would I be right in saying that we have n't provided you with what you were looking for when you came here ? ’ |
| 19 | " Did you get what you were looking for ? " |
| 20 | The third reading , for instance , was slower than the first , despite the fact that you knew exactly what you were looking for . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's what you were looking for , and more . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ So , did you find what you were looking for , guv' ? ’ asked Dexter as the lift jerked into motion and hummed downwards . |
| 23 | You could take the plug out and examine it , not knowing what you were looking for . |
| 24 | That 's what you were looking at were n't it ? |
| 25 | As soon as I saw what you were heading for , that you and he were hot at it , I cursed the baby you might have . ’ |
| 26 | Remember what you were saying on Sunday evening — about misogyny , and the kind of attitudes instilled in boys at public schools ? |
| 27 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 28 | Yeah you were saying about you said you said about erm the insurance , you were saying about that and what you were saying about your electricity . |
| 29 | ‘ Probably everybody from what you were saying about her ability to keep a secret . ’ |
| 30 | This is what you were saying about buying up the time , John in a way , is n't it ? |