Example sentences of "they [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were passing the last of the houses now . |
| 2 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |
| 3 | What they were told was that erm a number of , a a short , short list would be made up , erm , with the possibility of them having a second interview , and they would be told one way or another whether or not they were getting a second interview , because we were n't in a position to say whether we were or were not appointing . |
| 4 | When they were doing the first picture they had , I think it was . |
| 5 | They were hauling the first of the thin , encasing layers over the top of the frame , the heavily-suited men pulling on the guide ropes . |
| 6 | Men , I know , talk of such things with eagerness , with a little contempt ; it is as if they were describing the last meal they had , course by course . |
| 7 | Between them they were carrying the sixth figure — the limp , white faced form of Brett Grant . |
| 8 | They were saying the last time I heard them saying anything he was sort of going |