Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pron] were be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were just slightly different types of work which were being done . |
| 2 | Today by some bonus of chance they were being left there to enjoy it and had not been interrupted with a call for tea or to go for a swim with Dad who had just come home . |
| 3 | Medical advances resulted in educationalists , physicians and psychologists becoming aware that the classifications of handicap which were being used failed to take into account the complexity of individual disability . |
| 4 | Something was being born inside them , as if the past and future were coupling to breed a new kind of man , and it seemed to them that the wind was whispering a phrase they had often heard from Bakayoko : ‘ The kind of man we were is dead , and our only hope for a new life lies in the machine , which knows neither language nor a race . ’ … |
| 5 | Voting was reported to be brisk , with a 100 per cent turnout in the Knin district , although there was criticism that many voters remained unclear about what kind of autonomy they were being asked to vote for . |
| 6 | The external signs of ageing , as at different points eyesight blurred , menstruation ceased , hair and teeth fell out , were seen as linked to signs of internal degeneration such as sclerosis which were being discovered through post-mortems . |
| 7 | The cunning sods had pretended to drive off — in case they were being observed — and had then reversed the vehicle into its original position . |
| 8 | But inch by inch they were being driven back . |