Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [adv] [v-ing] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless the political and diplomatic links which bound her to the rest of the continent were slowly multiplying and becoming stronger . |
| 2 | she said cos she were talking , she knew tape were still running and she were pretending to say that she did n't say I could do it but she did |
| 3 | Some strata of the urban population were still apportioning and collecting their own tax dues in Nicholas I 's reign . |
| 4 | New occasions of conflict were now appearing and would eventually break up the long peace , and as this became clearer so did the essentially competitive nature of the European system . |
| 5 | Only a few families supported him , the rest were either wavering or hostile . |
| 6 | While such world-famous names as BSA and Triumph were modestly adjusting and ‘ tarting up ’ models which in their day had been in front , the Japanese and particularly Honda looked at the situation through new eyes . |