Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and she were telling me the guy that runs it wo n't let them talk to the customers , said that was pig ignorant surely |
| 2 | ‘ Just one , ’ she said graciously , managing to make it sound as though she were doing him a big favour . |
| 3 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
| 4 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 5 | She give us all these , like diseases and we had to learn parrot learn them the definition for them cos she were giving us a test on them . |
| 6 | She was using it a week later when Nathan walked in through the kitchen door . |
| 7 | Laying herself down beside Cad again in the hot room under the single sheet , she instructed her sister carefully , how she was to find Tommaso Talvi in town the next day , to come across him as if by accident , and then , if no one was listening , she was to give him a message . |
| 8 | As she spoke she was laying him a place at the kitchen table , and serving him his meal . |
| 9 | She was telling them a story , and they were sitting on either side of her on the sofa with their mouths hanging slightly open , Gawain meditatively fingering a lock of her long , dark hair , Damian staring at her and absently scratching his balls . |
| 10 | She was telling me a bit about it . |
| 11 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
| 12 | She was telling me the other day . |
| 13 | She was offering him the deputy to Hitler , through an intermediary who was a friend of George Vl and Winston Churchill . |
| 14 | Probably nothing , he was thinking , she 's only winding me up , and the thought that she was gave him a pleasurable kick . |
| 15 | She was asking herself the same question . |
| 16 | If she had thought she was showing him a stop-light , however , he must have seen it as a green one , for his arm suddenly tightened and there was a definite amorous gleam in his eye as he edged closer to her and breathed seductively , ‘ I like you so much , Fabia . ’ |
| 17 | Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last , he readily accepted . |
| 18 | Desperate Ricky should n't think she was giving him the come-on , she had the door open before the car stopped . |
| 19 | Again she was giving him the opportunity to ask her to lengthen the period — or to indicate in some way that he had no wish for her to leave . |
| 20 | He thought she was giving him an unmistakable message of availability . |
| 21 | It 's as though she was giving herself a treat . " |
| 22 | A second or so later she was giving herself a mental shake and opening her eyes again . |
| 23 | Soon she was pouring herself a glass of whisky for breakfast , instead of a cup of tea . |
| 24 | ‘ She was making herself a sandwich in the kitchen and we went in there first while she ate it and made coffee for both of us . ’ |
| 25 | Mrs Goreng presented the idea like she was doing me a big favour , giving me the chance to teach the future malai President . |
| 26 | Her defence , that in providing for the poor she was doing what the HUD was supposed to do , earned her the nickname " Robin HUD " . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
| 28 | She was tellin' me the ovver day she wants Fred ter try an' get that empty 'ouse next door ter make the place bigger . |
| 29 | She was berating me the whole time . |