Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While other newspapers were wrongly calling it a second honeymoon , TODAY revealed that virtually the only time the couple acknowledged each other was when Diana intercepted a phone call from Charles to Mrs Parker-Bowles and a screaming row erupted . |
| 2 | The words were merely describing what the book was about . |
| 3 | The Baptists of Amersham were only doing what the universal Church had done for centuries in insisting on partaking in the Communion as a sign of being ‘ in communion ’ with the church . |
| 4 | But if anyone said that Christianity was n't going to cost you anything , they were not telling you the full story . |
| 5 | Clarissa could only say glumly that according to the newspapers , the Finns were doing very well at any rate , and how mean Charles 's officers were not to give him a bit more Embarkation Leave . |
| 6 | But they were NOT told what the bug was — or that other babies were affected . |
| 7 | The Wall Street Journal has called their bluff and finds that 12 of the 31 analysts that track IBM had buy recommendations on the stock on September 1 — and even after details of all the new cuts came out , only three had an outright sell recommendation on the stock , and last Tuesday morning , some were still rating it a buy . |
| 8 | His Quaker wife , the famous prison reformer Elizabeth Fry , felt members of her own family were also giving him the cold shoulder when they heard he was being ‘ investigated ’ by the Ratcliff and Barking monthly meeting . |
| 9 | Little did he know that the experienced dealers were about to teach him a lesson . |
| 10 | I feel sure they were about to offer you a partnership . ’ |
| 11 | It was with tears of joy in his eyes , that Felix went forward to meet the torchbearers , who by their chants were evidently proclaiming him the hero of the hour . |
| 12 | ‘ As is whether you were actually telling me the truth , or lying . |