Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] [adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was thinking perhaps they 'd bring them back . |
| 2 | So every time I thought I was dropping off they 'd start . |
| 3 | When I was running away they put me in an approved school for girls run by nuns . |
| 4 | There , in a quiet street in Mitcham , I was to learn how they get nuts . |
| 5 | Since they started they had no coordination , = when I was saying up they were going down , but as the weeks have gone by they 've actually gradually got better and they can smile while they are doing it erm as well , whereas before it was erm one great big grimace . |
| 6 | ‘ I was wondering why they talk of possessing women , ’ said Lydia . |
| 7 | I have a few questions of my own erm in , in doing it and erm was er when you say that , that males had males parental investment erm I was wondering how they , how can a male when the male decides to desert how can they be certain if the female is going to take care of the offspring , because I was wondering if erm if probability like the based by their genes it does n't matter if one female does n't take care of the offspring because they produce more offspring |
| 8 | John — fit and well — said : ‘ The clinic 's doctors just tried to fool me I was dying so they could make money . ’ |