Example sentences of "were [adj] [v-ing] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fattys were all trying their best to eat more and more but they did n't realise that the pills they were eating were actually eating all the food for them . |
| 2 | According to a married 35-year-old credit manager : ‘ At our school we were all approaching our 16th birthdays and it was like anyone who reaches 16 and he 's still a virgin — what a nancy . |
| 3 | All the construction workers were busy repairing their own properties . |
| 4 | Not as if he were angry with Carrie but as if he were busy thinking his own thoughts … |
| 5 | It was intimidatory bowling of the worst sort against two brave batsmen who , as it turned out , were both playing their last Test innings . |