Example sentences of "and they were [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them came fro Blundell 's School and Castle Cary CC in Somerset , and they were styled the Devon & Somerset County Wanderers . |
| 2 | And she said it was so funny , she said , you 'd get the , the so the poorer people perhaps would use this shop and erm and yet she said , people I knew in the street erm that were Conservatives dealt at the Co-op , where it was I suppose the best buy and they were saving the divi you know , and we thought it was quite funny really . |
| 3 | and they were singing the territory , hello darling , they were singing their territorial songs |
| 4 | ‘ We pulled back two goals and they were kicking the ball anywhere to keep us out . ’ |
| 5 | His wife said from their Humberside in the UK : ‘ I spoke to Ricky on Christmas Day and they were cooking the mince pies . |
| 6 | ‘ Each time a memo was fired off and the problem was solved , but it only lasted a few days and they were using the extinguishers again , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Whenever she was early because there was a christening erm on and they were using the hall afterwards . |
| 8 | Almost before we 'd begun to really talk , visiting time was over and they were ringing the bell for everyone to leave . |
| 9 | Ratagan had procured beer for them from somewhere with magical ease , and they were supping the malty liquid from brimming tankards as they went . |
| 10 | A meeting of university presidents was taking place in Beijing , prompted by student unrest in June ( which will be looked at in the next chapter ) , and they were considering the effects that ‘ Heshang ’ might have . |
| 11 | They were from Conway Construction and they were building the shops and the hotel . |
| 12 | The church had important links with the butchers of Prague and they were given the first chapel on the left at the W end in honour of their defence of Prague , once in 1611 against the troops from Passau , and again in 1648 , against the Swedes . |
| 13 | And they were given the information on on traffic relief er in the leaflet in more detail at the exhibition . |
| 14 | It was eight forty-five and they were nearing the church , passing now into one of the low tunnels that spanned the canal . |
| 15 | When Mrs Hollidaye had finished her praying and they were leaving the church , she stopped at the back and showed Dot a book with writing in it . |
| 16 | Someone , somewhere had opened a door into Hades — and they were hearing the torment of the damned . |
| 17 | About a year later one of the boys met an old lady who lived not far from the pond and they were discussing the strange happenings when the lady said , ‘ I can tell you a bit about it , ’ and she then proceeded to tell them about the crazy motorcyclist . |
| 18 | And so and we were bringing in deals and they were phoning the clients back and saying , Look yeah great alarm systems blah blah we have an alternative one cheaper . |
| 19 | They they began laying their hands on them and they were receiving the Holy Spirit . |
| 20 | The apostles came down to Somaria , they laid hands on them and they were receiving the Holy Spirit . |
| 21 | When sa , they began laying hands on them and they were receiving the Holy Spirit . |
| 22 | And so we see there in verse seventeen , that they began laying their hands on them and they were receiving the Holy Spirit . |
| 23 | Great Big had found some dandelion wine and they were passing the bottle round . |
| 24 | Jack was on call , and they were passing the wee small hours of Saturday morning in idle conversation when the phone rang in the staff-room . |
| 25 | And they were letting the burden on the others were n't they , to do it . |
| 26 | Once eligible for inclusion in the study , the nature of the trial was explained to the patients and they were offered the treatment allocated by randomisation . |
| 27 | All too soon as far as Maggie was concerned the waltz was over and they were clapping the band . |
| 28 | erm If we go back , Kuwait has always been an independent country until the Ottoman Empire was erm threatening that area , and they were ruling the Arab peninsula , which later to be known as Iraq , and when the Kuwaiti people felt the threat of the Ottoman Empire they signed a treaty with the British at that time , and that was in eighteen ninety nine and Iraq was established in nineteen twenty , so we are are ahead of that . |
| 29 | The children were then to be given clues to help them solve the mysteries and they were to tell the Pink Panther ( who was not privy to this information ) who had committed which crime . |
| 30 | No-one was hurt and they were found the following day , after a search by RAF aircraft , Crocombe and the other seven passengers were rescued by an RAF Vickers Valencia transport . |