Example sentences of "[pron] were [adj] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIX MONTHS ago , we were all waiting for The Stone Roses to crossover into the US charts — that was the talk . |
| 2 | SIX MONTHS ago , we were all waiting for The Stone Roses to crossover into the US charts — that was the talk . |
| 3 | So one day , very hot and insecty , with a faint breeze coming in off the sea , we were all lying in the grass on the flat area just to the south of the house . |
| 4 | We were all shooting at the crowds , as if the guns were not loaded , and only meant to frighten them . |
| 5 | I did n't know what to say , and they said , well where were you , well er , I said we were all standing on the balcony and we , we did n't hear you , erm , it was ab I mean looking back now , it 's funny , but it was ludicrous at the time . |
| 6 | Oh Sunday it was really bad cos he had these people turn up for lunch and erm , said it 's Sam arranged to come and collect him quarter to six and then we went up to Fore Gate for lunch and then we came back here and had erm we were all standing in the kitchen here , knock on the door , a walked in , I 'd completely forgotten about it |
| 7 | ‘ One moment we were all sitting outside the Art School discussing the latest models , and the next moment the boy had wandered off by himself . |
| 8 | We were all sitting in the great taproom . |
| 9 | So we were all sitting in the living room . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's when both parties are and the Ball at Hurlingham — and when we were all going to the Muckrakers Club for a really good evening . |
| 11 | ‘ We only met walking round Aurae Phiala yesterday , and then found we were both staying at the same pub . |
| 12 | Once when we were both contributing to The Year 's Work in English Studies ( he on Renaissance drama ) , I met him in the library and expressed anxiety about the deadline . |
| 13 | ‘ They were all looking round the screen saying they had not seen the bum of anyone famous before , ’ he recalls . |
| 14 | And they were all haemorrhaging at the back . |
| 15 | Furthermore , they were all writing in the aftermath of Darwin , and had learned from him two important things . |
| 16 | They all came from similar backgrounds and , as like minds , they were all congregating at the same place for the same reasons . |
| 17 | And I remember hearing a story , er erm it was just they 'd got an old farmer he had a field of hay , just ready to cart and just as they were getting the horses , it came down to rain and they were all sheltering in the barn , and the said , More rain , more rest . |
| 18 | I was hitting them on the head and they were all falling on the floor . |
| 19 | The authors put the materials together while they were all working at the University of Strathclyde , primarily on the Programme in Literary Linguistics . |
| 20 | One afternoon when they were all working in the garden , the door opened and a woman came quietly in . |
| 21 | Foxy was saying how they were all standing on the balcony saying that she really ought n't to wear those shorts cos she 's got such thunder thighs . |
| 22 | They were separate , there was space between them , but , like flowers in a vase , they were all standing in the same water . |
| 23 | They were all standing in the near dark . |
| 24 | She did this by lining up the nuclei of radioactive atoms in a magnetic field , so that they were all spinning in the same direction , and showed that the electrons were given off more in one direction than another . |
| 25 | They were all playing by the same rules . |
| 26 | They kept running into one another because they were all staring at the sky . |
| 27 | He was saying , ‘ Now we 'll go over to the bees , ’ and he went over and they were all lying at the bottom . |
| 28 | They were all walking along the lane that led to Ferngrove Park , where they held their Pack Meetings . |
| 29 | They were all sitting on the stone terrace at the back of the house when she opened the garden gate and started up the path . |
| 30 | One night they were all sitting round the same as usual , in the kitchen this time , Pete and Tommy and a friend of Tommy 's , they were sitting round drinking the whisky Tommy 's friend had brought over when they heard footsteps in the yard . |