Example sentences of "were [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me and me mam were singing it the other night . |
| 2 | They were keeping it a secret and they were going to take him some place where they sold parrots . |
| 3 | ‘ You were pushing it a bit today , Fran . |
| 4 | If you were to serve yourself an average helping of cabbage , though , it would usually weigh at least two ounces if you were eating it raw as part of a portion of coleslaw , for example , or four ounces if you were serving boiled cabbage . |
| 5 | Now the next thing I 'd like you to note down is when I say other actors in the international system , obviously there are other governments as well but as well as governments if you , the word actors is quite often used in international affairs , if you were to list what the other actors are erm would you , would you note down them , say , put four or five other actors . |
| 6 | Well-bribed assassins — my uncle s creatures I doubt not — were marking my every move , ready to meet any show of force with greater force . |
| 7 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 8 | If we were paying them a salary then of course it 's up to us whether we have them at sitting at home doing nothing , they would n't they 'd soon get bored with it . |
| 9 | He started living lavishly and tried to extort more and more money from the government who were paying him a tax-free pension of $1,050 a month . |
| 10 | As their heads disappeared under a pile of plaster of paris and alginate we were shown what a relatively simple and inexpensive process this was . |
| 11 | Whether that was down to the powers that be I do n't know ; perhaps they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain about where I was put . |
| 12 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
| 13 | Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there . |
| 14 | I thought we were getting her the one with the drawers one with a lockable cupboard is , |
| 15 | I thought we were getting her the one , but the only thing is the other has got drawers both sides has n't it ? if I remember rightly . |
| 16 | I thought you were calling me the bearded wonder then . |
| 17 | She told them about her house and that the managers were calling her a thief . |
| 18 | They were sending us a message . ’ |
| 19 | And they rang up , and they said were sending you a list of what we expect to be available in the way of food at Christmas because we always have the same thing . |
| 20 | When Edward Thomas entered the History Eighth at St. Paul 's in January 1894 , he was at least seventeen months younger than the seven pupils who had joined the class in the previous July or September and who were to leave it the following June . |
| 21 | Not one organisation wrote to the Home Secretary indicating they were supporting what the Government is now putting for the House . |
| 22 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 23 | They were saying what a stupid series it was , how ridiculous the character was , and it would n't get beyond the first episode . |
| 24 | In 1893 the Forget-me-nots were billed us the ‘ smallest dancers on the variety stage . |
| 25 | He said that he wondered whether the government had lost control of the security forces or whether the security forces were doing what the government wanted . |
| 26 | I think the answer is that simply as it who were doing what the name would otherwise have done , erm for the reasons your Lordship has given and , and your Lordship has seen of course that the analysis of the relationship between the name and the agent , erm , certainly as far as Mr is concerned , indeed we said it certainly it follows from what , what article eighty five does , it does n't effect the extensible authority point but and the |
| 27 | THE campaigners who took their seasonal message to the banks yesterday were doing them a favour . |
| 28 | So did did they think they were doing themselves a disservice then when they , maybe when they amalgamated , or when they became part of the boilermakers , or when the boilermakers started taking in various trades to approach the employers as a as a a black squad unit for wage rises and conditions and so on , or did they they Would they have preferred to have done it themselves do you think ? |
| 29 | It was as if I were doing him a big favour . |
| 30 | ‘ Just one , ’ she said graciously , managing to make it sound as though she were doing him a big favour . |