Example sentences of "we [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps she would be angry if , by trying to impose responsibility on her daughter by giving her the vote , we were also taking from her the only comfort which she has , namely that when she is older she will change all that . |
| 2 | I think we were also suffering from jet-lag . |
| 3 | At the time when those measures were being skilfully and carefully introduced , we were also carrying through a whole range of highly necessary reforming legislation . |
| 4 | We were even singing by that stage ; there were n't enough Cov fans left to object really . |
| 5 | We were just hanging around talking today and the children done Christmas card competition an wi some really and me and |
| 6 | WE WERE just getting over the shock of seeing Arkle 's skeleton when this peacock strutted into the bar . |
| 7 | Before , we were just listening to everybody else telling us to keep on playing and carry on doing this and that , but that was really just because they were afraid we were going to be a flash in the pan . |
| 8 | on that to sort of show you the power of the system we were just using to erm The obvious thing to do is to label every area of the diagram , and do n't forget they do sometimes say , Seven were not interested in |
| 9 | Well we were just thinking about functions you see |
| 10 | Why does he not impose a levy — not the levy that we were just speaking about , but one similar to the French or German levy — to bring jobs to disabled people ? |
| 11 | funny mind , we were just speaking about funerals not that long ago and you were just saying like er you remember the , when he died , |
| 12 | We were just looking for a suitable warren to send our ferrets down to flush out the occupants . |
| 13 | Well we were just staying at our daughter 's at the time |
| 14 | We did n't have the finances to run a proper test programme and we were just falling behind the other teams . |
| 15 | ‘ After all , ’ Katerina Hartmann defiantly says , ‘ we were just fighting for our country like the rest of the world . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We were just talking about a case of Camille 's . ’ |
| 17 | Ah , Mait , we were just talking about you . |
| 18 | ‘ We were just talking about Barbs , ’ said Clarissa . |
| 19 | Sensing that something of the sort might be going through his mind , Lesley-Jane interposed , ‘ We were just talking about Micky 's death . ’ |
| 20 | Erm you know when you 're th we were just talking about the upper room , and erm and the great wind that was noise that was felt . |
| 21 | ‘ We were just talking about you . ’ |
| 22 | Yeah , and we were just talking about it . |
| 23 | We were just talking about that |
| 24 | I 'm coming back to that , and then we watched , no then the pizza man came and we had all our pizzas and cake , then we were just talking till three A M. |
| 25 | And er I know the housing office always had excuses that they had put the the report in and we were just waiting for someone to do it . |
| 26 | I 'd told her not to worry and that he was one of the lads , although I 'd never seen him before , and we were just waiting for her to go before we started the party . |
| 27 | And we were just gettin' on our feet , three of the lads workin' and himself bringin' it in , at least what 's left after his Friday night dos . |
| 28 | you know , cos we were all single I think all of us were and we were just going for a joke cos seriously it 's just a cattle market at you know you do n't talk to people well you do but it 's just a laugh . |
| 29 | I mean I suppose if we were just going for the day it would be alright . |
| 30 | But I know that er the one or two people who told me that they 're going , er we were just going to the service in the church and then |