Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [prep] [noun] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crews from all over the world were competing at Henley this weekend … for women rowers this is the big event of the year … but times are a changing … there 'll be a women 's single sculls at this years main Henley Regatta … they 've been there before in invitation races or coxing in men 's crews but competing in international competition is quite a breakthrough |
| 2 | Relief agencies estimated that approximately 200 people were dying of starvation each week in the Ogaden in the remote south-east , according to reports from mid-October ; malnutrition had sharply increased , with the death rate rising to 12 per 10,000 daily since August , when aid workers had warned of a worsening situation [ see p. 39042 ] . |
| 3 | England were training at Stonehouse this morning … how on earth are they going to cope … |
| 4 | The regiment had come ashore that morning and were going into action that evening , attacking the village just along the road , about two hundred yards from the edge of our village and close to No. 6 Commando positions . |
| 5 | Incidentally , ’ she added with a frown , ‘ I thought you were going to Greece this summer . ’ |
| 6 | Constance asked Ludovico , as they were going to bed that night . |
| 7 | Well I thought you were going to Berlin this month ? |
| 8 | I was very interested when you were talking about gardening this morning . |
| 9 | I says well I do n't know to be honest , I says I do n't deal with them , but we were talking about Mercury these cross-routing got one of these systems here |
| 10 | Traffic and all sorts , see I were talking to Joyce this morning |