Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [was/were] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were panicking as it was their lack of observation which had led to the two getting away unseen . |
| 2 | … Nobody bothered about what you were doing and there was nothing to stop you getting on your feet and denouncing the whole of the British Empire ’ ( pp. 48 — 9 ) . |
| 3 | AFTER a few minutes in the company of Joe Boyd , I was wondering whether there was anybody in world music he had not heard of . |
| 4 | By the time Wardle Wood came in sight Virginia was tired and was wondering whether there was anything she could do that would save her pushing the bike all the long way home . |
| 5 | That was why it had been such a shock when the neighbours came round to tell Lily the baby was screaming and there was nobody answering the door or any lights on in the house . |
| 6 | Erm I , I somehow felt that that 's what she was feeling that there was something like that lacking . |