Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | But at that time , the early 1970s , most governments were having none of it ; migrants , hawkers and barefoot business meant mess and that was that . |
2 | But now the passage of the years was doing it for him . |
3 | But the locals were having none of it . |
4 | erm People were bringing it for us , friends were bringing it into us . |
5 | Maybe the Russians were screening something from him ; he could only presume that they were . |
6 | ‘ Up to that point , all I was interested in was relieving myself any way I could , and the women were throwing themselves at me and it was great , it was pleasurable , no problem . |