Example sentences of "who [was/were] [verb] something " in BNC.

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1 But then we made a sort of left turn with ‘ Tusk ’ , which dumbfounded a lot of people , not just the record company who obviously wanted the market , but a certain amount of the public who were expecting something that they 'd already labelled and were comfortable with .
2 We do n't cover a great deal of the M one but it 's something like fourteen miles but that was about the time of the miners ' strike as well so I was on traffic when that was on and we had these intercept boys who were working something like thirteen hour shifts for about a year .
3 You have to remember that Americans only found this endemic American music in the '60s when they began listening to English groups , who were doing something really important , which was taking black music and making it louder .
4 ‘ I 'll get it , ’ he said to Charlotte who was supervising something last-minute in the kitchen .
5 ‘ Aye , that 's a pre-requisite , ’ said Doogie , who was doing something unspeakable to a metal coat-hanger .
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