Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quick replies by Kelly Shelford and Mark Elia led to the suspicion that New Zealand could score at will and were easing themselves into their stride , but doubts arose early in the second half with a succession of missed chances . |
| 2 | That is , they were conscious of the rule , and rather than following it out of obligation , they were using it for their own benefit , as a sort of ‘ officializing ’ or ‘ universalizing ’ strategy in order to ‘ cloak themselves in legitimation ’ . |
| 3 | Leeds were annoying me at their sudden inability to keep the ball on the pitch , either kicking it off , or playing stupid passes up front ( down the middle ) straight to their keeper/defenders . |
| 4 | erm People were bringing it for us , friends were bringing it into us . |
| 5 | erm People were bringing it for us , friends were bringing it into us . |
| 6 | I 've moved that , I moved that so he did n't knock it over cos he were knocking it with his tail . |
| 7 | There is a certain grudging margin , to be sure , about all that Mr Eliot writes — as if he were compensating himself for his limitations by a peevish assumption of superiority . |
| 8 | I think you were amusing yourself at my expense . ’ |
| 9 | If you were protecting me for my own good , she thought , I would be cross with you , but not this cross . |
| 10 | I wondered if they passed that Trade Union ( positive vetting ) file over to someone else or whether they were keeping it for my return . |
| 11 | Finally , he decided that The Housemartins were contributing nothing to his life . |
| 12 | okay , explain it to me in terms of , try and ex say if you were explaining it to someone who sort of was n't very technical . |
| 13 | try to paraphrase it as though you were explaining it to someone who does n't understand quite as much as you . |
| 14 | He had a curious feeling of release ; other people had taken portions of his grief upon themselves , and they were expressing it on his behalf . |
| 15 | Particularly since you were wearing it in my honour . ’ |
| 16 | Indeed , a recurrent theme among these women was that they felt they had no right to benefit , that they were getting something for nothing , in marked contrast to a wage . |
| 17 | That was a great week because they felt they were getting it for nothing , till it come to the end of the quarter and then they had to pay it . |
| 18 | So they really were getting you for nothing . |
| 19 | She now suspected that they had known long before and were breaking it to her gradually . |
| 20 | They were speaking words she could not grasp but now they were speaking them to her rather than to each other and their tone was sympathetic , cajoling . |
| 21 | We knew we were experiencing something beyond our understanding . |
| 22 | There was times when people were saying nothing to nobody . |
| 23 | They were saying something to me about there wo n't be that bigger fall . |
| 24 | Erm now next week you were saying something about you 'd like one on Easter Monday , I wo n't actually be here . |
| 25 | However , the jury were having none of it ; she had entered these institutions of her own volition , possibly when the police were getting a little too close to her activities in that part of the country . |
| 26 | But the locals were having none of it . |
| 27 | But at that time , the early 1970s , most governments were having none of it ; migrants , hawkers and barefoot business meant mess and that was that . |
| 28 | Mrs Hannaway wanted to take Boris home in her handbag , but airport staff were having none of it . |
| 29 | We asked the prime ministers office for a comment — and were passed on to the treasury , which told us that the conditions for economic recovery are very much in place , but people in Cheltenham we spoke to were having none of it . |
| 30 | We asked the prime ministers office for a comment — and were passed on to the treasury , which told us that the conditions for economic recovery are very much in place , but people in Cheltenham we spoke to were having none of it . |