Example sentences of "were [v-ing] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were fumbling were you ? |
| 2 | The toys they were using were called analogues , adjective check-lists and pseudo-clients with fake case histories … the rules are such that all discovery and exploration is blocked through the control and manipulation of the ‘ subject ’ and the relevant variables to obtain relevant data . |
| 3 | The fattys were all trying their best to eat more and more but they did n't realise that the pills they were eating were actually eating all the food for them . |
| 4 | Let's just sing shall we as we close , whilst were singing were gon na take up our morning offering , its number one ninety seven , one hundred and ninety seven an element of commitment in this song , one nine seven , well stand to sing . |
| 5 | They were singing were n't they remember ? |
| 6 | Such a guarantee , had it even been considered , would almost certainly have been worthless and , as the events which were unfolding were to prove , was totally beyond the abilities of the French command in Indo-China . |
| 7 | You were driving were you ? |
| 8 | And I were laughing were n't I ? |
| 9 | Second , coordinators as a group were acutely conscious of the way their own success depended in large part upon how they and the practices they were promoting were regarded by existing staff in the schools where they were placed . |
| 10 | In addition , it was shown that women living in the same household as the person for whom they were caring were more likely to be either working full-time or not at all ; part-time employment was taken when the sick or elderly person lived elsewhere . |
| 11 | The negotiations were continuing , and fees for services the accountants were rendering were still being incurred . |
| 12 | But I mean you see the problem is that how the rich erm rich peasants two different mutual aid teams which meant that how that they did n't ha the resources they were sharing were pretty much the same . |
| 13 | When at last he spoke , his voice was tight , fully realising that the respirators they were wearing were inadequate for most nerve gases . |
| 14 | And the gates into the fields where the cows were grazing were all properly shut . |
| 15 | The gentle , careful , intelligent eyes that gave nothing away while leaving you with the impression that you and what you were saying were the most intelligent things she had ever beheld and heard . |
| 16 | No you were saying were n't you ? |
| 17 | But you were saying were n't you you described this world which lots of us now have lost and somebody leaving school starting a job and retiring from that job , so the que the question David 's asked you is more important is n't it because deferred pensions are probably gon na become more , not less common . |
| 18 | But w but we , we you were saying were there these , yes |
| 19 | He said nothing to me about my fears for my sanity and behaved as if what we were doing were a common exercise , undertaken for purely scientific purposes . |
| 20 | All that the Arse were doing were playing simple balls over the top of Fairclough & Newsome , for Wright & Campbell to run onto , and the defence could n't really cope . |
| 21 | But er the things that they were doing were just unbelievable . |
| 22 | Julia 's questions about the line the defence lawyers were taking were as acute as anything she had ever asked David , and they filled him with relieved delight . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , in a group of neurotic patients , a placebo was effective even when they knew the pills they were taking were inert . |
| 24 | ‘ You were joking were n't you ? ’ the blond man asked , smiling warily at Luke . |
| 25 | They were also in a test situation , and were aware that the passages they were reading were to be followed by questions . |
| 26 | but she just suddenly went , you and she grabbed hold of this lad , and dragged , she did n't hit him or anything , you know , but I just , oh I thought oh god , you know , I felt so sorry for this kid like , dragged him out to the back , you were talking were n't you ? |
| 27 | Its implications for the war they were fighting were profoundly unsettling : even in the best case — from their perspective , " francisation " — they would still be in the position of fighting against an independence movement in the name of self-determination . |
| 28 | even trains , train station , all they were showing were rudders along station buildings , you could n't see any buildings so |
| 29 | Well you were wagging your tail when you were barking were n't you ? |
| 30 | I knew nothing of the facts of life until I got to my preparatory school , when at the age of thirteen , all of the boys who were leaving were summoned to the headmaster 's study . |