Example sentences of "they were [verb] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was as if they were trying to give us a clue , deliberately toying with us . ’ |
| 2 | And erm and Miss asked why we were n't friends any more and we goes well she lied and you know , she splits up most people by doing that cos they were trying to tell us the truth and we would n't listen . |
| 3 | It 's almost as if they were looking to make themselves the most hated and hunted men on earth . ’ |
| 4 | I understand they were persuaded to give it a further year 's grace in the hope of improvements to its organisational structure . |
| 5 | They 'd relented , his Mum and Dad , and they were going to give him a parrot for Easter . |
| 6 | At Heathrow Wendy Hoyte was being met by her husband Les and they were going to give me a lift back into London . |
| 7 | But then the lady came back on again — you know , the one who spoke to me first — and she said ‘ Thank you very much , ’ and she told me they were going to send me a prize of — wait for it — 5 . |
| 8 | Yes , I have at last , and the I 'm sure that they lied in their teeth , they they assured me they had written to me after my second letter in March , er in fact , and they said they were going to send me a photocopy of that , in fact er she wrote me a letter in June , so I do n't believe the other one existed , |
| 9 | And he thought they were going to buy him a parrot . |