Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [pron] [was/were] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | there , were one of them where they were walking round we with wet pants , you know , ol old people an that . |
| 2 | All I could see was the posts and the exact spot centrally between them where I was going to touch down . |
| 3 | ‘ You deliberately did n't warn me where we were going , ’ she charged resentfully . |
| 4 | If we believed in omens or portents , then I think we should have taken notice of some of the things someone or something was trying to tell us that June day . |
| 5 | Billy 's only problem was that someone or something was pursuing him . |
| 6 | She had the feeling that someone or something was watching her every movement . |
| 7 | Of course , the only way out of his troubles would be to confess to someone that he was passing himself off as a Muslim for the purposes of financial gain . |
| 8 | Someone that he was trying to forget . |
| 9 | It is as though we had to talk in order to reassure ourselves that we were living . |
| 10 | I 'm so self reliant that I if I was going o do anything it 'd have to be me that would do it , for the simple reason I could n't trust anybody else , not in that particular thing anyway . |
| 11 | Erm I if I was talking to an audience in the United States , you 'd probably have a somewhat different approach cos over there they seem to throw their desktop devices away every two or three years and replace them with brand new technology . |
| 12 | Yeah I think it 's erm Martin are n't I and he was going to throw you . |
| 13 | ‘ I was going with someone and he was going with someone so we never made it , ’ said Karen . |
| 14 | We look at all the other conferences , the lowest after that was the Northern Provence which is in a very similar position to ourselves and they were offering a five percent increase . |
| 15 | Er I I could n't tell you off the top of me head I because I was working on it till half past midnight . |
| 16 | The idea of being nice to someone because they were going to leave you their money was not pleasant ; Tom often told himself this , but it was the reason for his going to see his grandmother . |
| 17 | ‘ I looked for a single builder , because I wanted to work closely with someone while I was doing the ‘ unpicking ’ myself , ’ Timothy says . |
| 18 | When I when I was learning to drive it was oh , right at the August , September time |
| 19 | No , no I did n't tell anybody when I you know I when I was doing me upmost , of course they knew afterwards that er because of me going in the hospital you see . |
| 20 | Er cos I I would n't have in I When I was making the the analysis I w was n't including Hereford and Worcester and I was n't |
| 21 | As I as I was talking about for a new pattern |
| 22 | I though we were expecting visitors today . " |
| 23 | I must say there was a moment yesterday when I though we were going to lose him . ’ |
| 24 | There was nothing that they were going to forget . |
| 25 | One student told me that they were watching and waiting . |
| 26 | When one morning she told me that they were going away , I ca n't say that it was a surprise . |
| 27 | Having told me that everyone was advising him to record it , I told him to go ahead and do it , but not with me . |
| 28 | ‘ It gradually dawned on me that we were becoming a sort of ‘ Punk cabaret ’ act . |
| 29 | It seemed to me that it was wanting in every detail , but the objective facts are that I was five feet two and a half , weighed eight stone five , and had my fair share of acne . |
| 30 | It seemed to me that I was watching a play . |