Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] were [adv] [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I reeled around in the meaty steam a little tune tinkled repetitively in my mind ; it was the song Siegfried and I were forever singing as we waited to enter the RAF , the popular jingle which In our innocence we thought typified the new life ahead . |
| 2 | So someone suddenly said , ‘ There 's a really terrific game going on in the square in Granada , ’ and we were just waiting and then Brynner said , ‘ Of course , I 'm the South American callot champion . ’ |
| 3 | We burst out giggling at the sight of his bare bottom and we were still tittering when the door burst open and Mrs Taylor entered . |
| 4 | So then his Scott 's mum and Noel 's mum met in town and they were just talking and Scott 's mum it 's dis , God it 's disgusting is n't it that lad given all them little lads love bites ! |
| 5 | The players all played at the same time , and they were always arguing and fighting for hedgehogs . |
| 6 | I should have been here to meet you , but you were late arriving and I had an appointment in the village . ’ |
| 7 | We got our first publishing contract through that , but we were just signing as songwriters and we made the odd grotesque , poppy single ! |