Example sentences of "they [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first of those tests came the following afternoon , when they were riding along that stretch of the route , around Carrick-on-Suir , where the rail was to run near the northern bank of the river for the best part of ten miles . |
| 2 | Now , there are hints that they were moving beyond that position . |
| 3 | They were standing outside that school office , the young lasses ' typin' school , you know . |
| 4 | They were doing in that shop exactly what they intended to do and in all probability , what they intended to do from the moment they got up that morning . |
| 5 | Mrs Short : The way they were talking at that meeting George is going to residential school . |