Example sentences of "we were [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were sharing a two-bedroomed council house with my Pop , and although we only paid thirty bob towards the rent , we had two kids and Malc was earning just £4.10.0 a week as a butcher . |
| 2 | ‘ We were fencing a new corral today . |
| 3 | ‘ We were using a 2,000 watt PA — barely big enough for a pub gig — and agreed to finish at 10pm . |
| 4 | About the middle of the month Nils discovered metal fatigue in two of the seacocks , the worst being the inflow to the heads , which meant that for all of a week , till we could slip yet again and fit replacements , we were using a good old-fashioned shit bucket . |
| 5 | And they 'd only be significant if we were expecting a significant disproportion anyway |
| 6 | However , the basic grammatical distinctions here are the categories of first , second and third person , If we were producing a Componential analysis ( for which see Lyons , 1968 : 470-81 ) of Pronominal systems , the features that we seem to need for the known systems would crucially include : for first person , speaker inclusion ( + 5 ) ; for second person , addressee inclusion ( + A ) ; and for third Person , speaker and addressee exclusion ( - S , A ) ( see Burling , 1970 : 14-17 ; Ingram , 1978 ) . |
| 7 | We were seeing a steady growth in fee income of around 15% in the Newport office , and when we made the decision to move , there was n't a single indicator that we might see a downturn . |
| 8 | Well Mr er Deputy Speaker I er do n't wish to er follow the honourable member of one of my er neighbours but I actually think it 's really part of grown up politics to ensure that the political opinion of a nation is adequately represented in the forums of that nation whether it be in this place or in the European er parliament and to that extent I make no bones about it that erm I wish that we were debating a different electoral system and Mr Deputy Speaker going back to the minister 's introduction erm it is a fact , I did n't wish to intervene because I did n't , it 's a short debate and I did n't want to take up er extra time , but it is a fact is it not that our electoral system unique across Europe means that our deadline as opposed to what the French are going to do is different to all the other member states . |
| 9 | Ellen had bought some melon and coffee on her way to the boatyard and we were eating a late breakfast in Wavebreaker 's cockpit . |
| 10 | Realising we were meeting a real need in our ageing area , we have embarked on a ‘ Living with loss ’ training programme to equip several of our church for long term bereavement counselling . |
| 11 | We thought we were building a new Jerusalem , but these people seem hell bent on destroying Babylon . |
| 12 | Within minutes we were discussing a recent television series adapted from a classical novel and disagreeing about why it had been so unsatisfying . |
| 13 | Way back in December , when we were first rehearsing erm the problems erm we were facing a hundred and seventy compulsory redundancies , the closure of an adult training centre , the closure of an elderly persons ' home , erm the closure of a hostel and a whole range of other quite draconian measures . |
| 14 | We got a little higher on this occasion but again ran into severe icing and again we turned back in order to find less cloud and less icing , on tie third attempt we were getting quite near the Alps and we were collecting a great deal of ice . |
| 15 | By this time the company was large , with many employees , and we were manufacturing a wide range of products and supplying a world market . |
| 16 | I was glad to be able to say that we had something for them in return — we were bringing a distinguished visitor in the person of George Turner , a Llangollen stationmaster in BR days , before the line was closed . |
| 17 | We were nearing a traditional red-backed shrike patch . |
| 18 | And with the help of all these er er pieces of equipment er we found in general that we were reaching a new standard of production , where we were increasing it er and we were able to bargain more strongly and more favourably on behalf of our members . |
| 19 | No , no one told me getting the push , just said we were getting a new one so I mean that must have meant that we that he had n't Commiserations , but never mind |
| 20 | Oh about erm three feet deep I reckon they were , I mean to load up er eight hundred tonnes , which we average these hoppers out at , er er we were getting a good soil we 'd load up eight hundred tonne in an hour and a half to two hours , between hour and a half to two hours we 'd be loaded , that 's all depend on what you was dredging , you might be interested in and , and go quicker , if you were dredging greenfly that 's be alright you 'd , if you dredged peat well that hopper would be full but it would n't be half lo it 'd be half loaded you see , be half way down to the plimsoll mark . |
| 21 | This time we were getting a few funny looks from other customers . |
| 22 | So , of course , we were getting a little bit panicky cos what 's worrying me , and it still worries me again we 've put all this time and effort in they may pay us alright , we 've got this twenty , they may pay us a second payment , but are they gon na pay up on the third ? |
| 23 | So quite clearly we were experiencing a major change in tourism patterns in this country . |
| 24 | In the Coca Cola Cup third round replay as we were hearing a short while ago from , third division Shrewsbury Town one , Blackburn Rovers one , for Rovers after six , the equalizer on twenty . |
| 25 | We were initiating a major change in the teaching of English which would need great good will and understanding from all teachers . |
| 26 | Everything precise , signed , sealed , filed away , as if we were watching a well-arranged masque . |
| 27 | Then we were crossing a rutted rock pavement , a trig point incongruously ahead . |
| 28 | We were playing a silly game , which had not a tragic outcome — it had , thanks to the mercy of providence , a fortunate outcome — but it had an outcome which is not one which ah statecraft should either aim at or be proud of having achieved . |
| 29 | ‘ By the end of the third month we were making a slight profit . |
| 30 | Somebody said , did it mean we were making a big profit ? |