Example sentences of "were [adv] [v-ing] [coord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also got two fleshy herrings and a couple of smoked mackerel ( and a few tiny pieces of sole to put in the freezer as , sadly , John 's nephew and nice Irish girlfriend can not come to supper this weekend — they were IMMENSELY cheering and encouraging when here recently ) . |
| 2 | What arrogance that is , that they allowed the schools to take on the full role when over fifty percent of em were already willing and anxious to do so . |
| 3 | " At the time , settlers were already cutting and burning great stretches of jungle for many miles around for agriculture , forced into the region by poverty in their own territories . |
| 4 | and er , I I saw Chris quite a lot , then , but I mean , they 're not living how they used to do , I mean , they they were always boozing and that , |
| 5 | Only a few families supported him , the rest were either wavering or hostile . |