Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Magistrate , watching like a stoat , could see by the alarm on their faces that they were assigning this treatment to Dr McNab for no other reason than that he had happened to mention it . |
| 2 | And they were buying this house and it was worth something like I do n't know , they were , they 'd got a twenty five grand mortgage . |
| 3 | Some of these children , if they were given this attention over a two year period , could overcome this and go into the secondary school able to cope and take their place alongside the other children , and this is desperately important . |
| 4 | They were considering this choice when they were abruptly aware of Commander Abigail . |
| 5 | And the story goes , to cut it quite short , two workmen were in this person 's house laying carpet tiles in the lounge and they were using this substance that was heavier than air and it was also highly flammable . |
| 6 | ‘ They were shriven this morning , Friar , ’ the soldier interrupted . |
| 7 | they were watching this thing about erm , what do you call it child thing |
| 8 | on the telly the other night and they were showing this fellow scragging the kids in the kitchen , god and I thought oh , because they were all watching it , you know , oh they might ring them |
| 9 | like for a kick off , he went down to the skip last Saturday , the tip , we had , er he was clearing out the back yard , he took some rubble and boxes and things down there , and he was talking to the fellow there they said oh , he said er they were shutting this skip , er they 're moving it down the road and you 'll have to pay , you 'll have to pay to tip your rubbish |
| 10 | They would not exchange a word until they were settled this way . |
| 11 | Well they was they were running this morning were n't they . |
| 12 | They went over all , while they were doing this work and he gave us a sheet last week , we were doing all the questions this week and he went over all the questions with us ! |
| 13 | They were coming this way . |
| 14 | They were having this game , you know , one hand on top of the other so |
| 15 | So they got him settled in the bottom of the boat and just as they were putting this tarpaulin over him , and getting ready to set off , the one man He heard the one man saying to the other , he says , Right , forty miles a wee stroke of the oars . |
| 16 | Well they were bubbling this morning , I think mainly because of Saturday , when it r we were reall the whole club was lifted through Saturday afternoon because something was shown that erm has n't been shown for quite a while here . |
| 17 | Well they were bubbling this morning , I think mainly because of Saturday , when it r we were reall the whole club was lifted through Saturday afternoon because something was shown that erm has n't been shown for quite a while here . |
| 18 | And they were interviewing this feller , he said , oh we went for a day out he said and I 'd just bought this car and I was really made up with it he said |
| 19 | And it was telling you you know say they were , for argument 's sake they was buying this house that was sort of up north and that . |