Example sentences of "they [was/were] take [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like when my mother was a kid in the 1930's they did n't used to use anaesthesia for taking out your first set of teeth if they were to take them out , up in the round Newcastle . |
| 2 | There had been no acquittal since they were taking him back to the prison . |
| 3 | But it was true ; it was only a sign of their stupidity or their fear ? — that they were taking him so seriously . |
| 4 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
| 5 | My parents had stayed over in Middlesbrough that night and they were taking me home the next day . |
| 6 | This was my case , dusted down from Granny 's attic when they were taking me away from the farm . |
| 7 | Curious about everything ; about the men who paid so little attention to her , wondering where they were taking her ; about Allen , wondering what he was doing ; about the Friar and what he would think when he found them gone ; about herself that she should be so indifferent to her circumstances and so little fearful ; and a little curious , but least curious of all , about the Friar 's sack , curious as to why if it contained only the remnants of a meal he had been so concerned to hide it and so uneasy at leaving it in their care . |
| 8 | And then when they were taking her in the ambulance , the nerves , I was sitting fucking laughing |
| 9 | The men of the party were discussing the situation and it was plain that , unlike Dora , they were taking it seriously . |
| 10 | ‘ They were taking us out for meals . |