Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said my girlfriend and I were being unrealistic . |
| 2 | I am bound to say that his personality and his voice with his Glasgow accent were a little disconcerting at first ( I felt rather as if I were being addressed by my highly educated carpenter ) , but he inspired me with such confidence as he went on that I forgot that , and of course one has to recognise that a new era in political life has dawned for England , the old aristocratic school is practically swept out of it , it is the dawn of the new " regime " . |
| 3 | A nice night 's sleep seems like a nice change , but nightmares have habits of popping up , once when I was five I had a dream that my friends and I were being ripped apart and eaten by a giant , now when the time comes to go into that great big C D tea room in the sky , could you change something ? |
| 4 | Yet studiously , subtly , with no obvious exertion on Edward 's part , Laura and I were being kept at a distance . |
| 5 | She was conscious of one undoubted fact : ‘ He was directing all his conversations to Joan Sims at this time , so I felt as though I were being talked at , rather than talked to . ’ |
| 6 | Now , she were a bit upset cos I bought her dinner and that , and she were were n't too happy cos I paid her bus fare . |
| 7 | The Trunchbull 's whole body and face seemed to swell up as though she were being inflated by a bicycle-pump . |
| 8 | He was so kind and good , and Honor felt as though she were being blessed whenever he spoke to her . |
| 9 | Overworked and depressed , she felt as if she were being turned into a glamorous business machine . |
| 10 | What harm would come if she were being fooled for a change ? |
| 11 | After half an hour or so , the two of them restored their employer to her feet , and they set off again , Miss Fergusson leaning on the guide 's arm with a strange nonchalance , as if she were being conducted round a cathedral or a zoological garden . |
| 12 | as if she were being asked to walk across a sheet of ice , and with every step her confidence was faltering . |
| 13 | His appeal to logic is mistaken : you were is both singular and plural in Standard English . |
| 14 | She said that you were been quite shocked though because |
| 15 | Oh I I as far as we 're concerned er the when bit is if you were are available er now we could even put you on this Thursday . |
| 16 | Peter , you were were you available at any of those times ? |
| 17 | Now you were were sponsored to travel around and er |
| 18 | said he went to the police station but it follows that you were were at home which . |
| 19 | Oh God you were were n't you ? |
| 20 | Oh Lindy you were were |
| 21 | The trouble with being what you were was that although your judgement was impeccable , the rest of the world just did n't always know it . |
| 22 | And another way of showing how wealthy you were was to keep up with the fashion ‘ look , I can afford to wear this year 's dress , I 'm not wearing last year 's or the year before 's ’ . |
| 23 | There was one that you were being paid by Jack Hermon to keep a eye on us all . |
| 24 | You were being sentimental . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Did you think , ’ his prosecution pressed him , ‘ that what you were doing , what you were being asked to do or what you had done might be wrong ? ’ |
| 26 | Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case . |
| 27 | You should therefore make as much effort as you would if you were being interviewed for a particular job . |
| 28 | ‘ To hear you talk , anyone would think you were being sent to prison ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The hardest part of the ‘ Challenge ’ was standing at the wheel in the cockpit after only four hours ' sleep , feeling like you were being bombarded by cannons firing icy water . |
| 30 | Sectarianism and intimidation in the workplace have not been taken into account either , when we asked about this at the same meeting we were told you had to prove you were being intimidated . |