Example sentences of "were [verb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me and me mam were singing it the other night . |
| 2 | Now the next thing I 'd like you to note down is when I say other actors in the international system , obviously there are other governments as well but as well as governments if you , the word actors is quite often used in international affairs , if you were to list what the other actors are erm would you , would you note down them , say , put four or five other actors . |
| 3 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 4 | I thought you were calling me the bearded wonder then . |
| 5 | When Edward Thomas entered the History Eighth at St. Paul 's in January 1894 , he was at least seventeen months younger than the seven pupils who had joined the class in the previous July or September and who were to leave it the following June . |
| 6 | Who do you think was making the audience laugh while you were giving them the full force of your personality ? |
| 7 | And you were telling me the other clubs men men had |
| 8 | Yeah cos , my mates were telling me the other day what 's Gilly said ? |