Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [pron] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hewlett-Packard Co recently sent out pairs of natty sunglasses to the UK computer press bearing the message ‘ you 'll be needing these on May 5th , ’ ( well some of the poor loves must have thought things rather fetching as they were wearing them on Olivetti 's jaunt to Paris a couple of days later ) . |
| 2 | The Department for National Savings , for example , contains enough papers that if they were piled one on top of the other they would reach the height of nine and a half Mount Everests ! |
| 3 | Somehow , somewhere , she got the impression that they were congratulating themselves on Martin and Rachel 's failure ; on their very irresponsible approach to Phoebe 's education . |
| 4 | They 've shown opposition to the introduction of L M S right from the start and put every obstacle possible in the way of its success , and its implementation , and yet there they were congratulating themselves on how well it was working . |
| 5 | He had a curious feeling of release ; other people had taken portions of his grief upon themselves , and they were expressing it on his behalf . |
| 6 | They were rolling it on rusty ball bearings . |
| 7 | Well the other evening they were showing something on T V , one of these doctors ' , doctors ' practices that are opting out or whatever . |
| 8 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 9 | Yes , when they was fitting them on the H M S Gothic they sent , they Birkenhead and I asked if they , so I stopped work , all Saturday and this , this er big er were it ? |
| 10 | But they was lying one on top the other , duck — and the little lad was beneath and upside down . |