Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [noun] was [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought your mother was being discharged today ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We were asking them to play the main role in caring for their children , but they felt their authority was being undermined by the assessments . |
| 3 | They felt their power was being undermined … |
| 4 | He thought his mother was being unreasonable in complaining about it . |
| 5 | The learned physician , as if he knew his name was being mentioned , turned and gave a gap-toothed grin , waving at them to follow a little faster . |
| 6 | But then , as night fell and the lights were switched on in the carriage , illuminating the sepia photographs of Morecambe Bay at dawn and donkeys trotting Blackpool sands , he felt his privacy was being invaded and had stopped making those conciliatory gestures . |