Example sentences of "were [v-ing] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we were seeing was simply a ‘ rationalisation ’ of the collection , a ‘ refining process . ’ |
| 2 | I failed recently to convince a group of people on Arran that the ‘ eagle ’ they were seeing was , in fact , a buzzard . |
| 3 | By 1909 then , Picasso and Braque had initiated the first phase of Cubism ; the art which both painters were producing was the result of a new freedom which arose from their having discarded all scientific systems and theories . |
| 4 | You were fumbling were you ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They were singing were n't they remember ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | You said something interesting , which I did n't pick up there that er , you said that policy making presumably you were suggesting is male dominated |
| 11 | South Africa has the highest murder rate in the world but the area where the women were holidaying is relatively crime free . |
| 12 | You were driving were you ? |
| 13 | And I were laughing were n't I ? |
| 14 | Tha oh you were walking is it ? |
| 15 | What the tabloids were seeking was the opportunity to juxtapose a patriot with a traitor . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We who were living are now dying |
| 18 | The amount people were saving was slowing down , and Mr Patterson said : ‘ Many consumers should soon feel they have built up their savings to an acceptable level , and may start spending again . ’ |
| 19 | The ploughed field they were passing was speckled with brilliant-green shoots . |
| 20 | The latter question has arisen where young girls have been invited to submit to acts in order to train their voice or to improve their breathing — unbeknown to them , the act which they were permitting was sexual intercourse . |
| 21 | There is not much evidence that real wages in Europe began to go up significantly until the later part of the 1860s , but even before then the general feeling that times were improving was unmistakable in the developed countries , the contrast with the disturbed and desperate 1830s and 1840s was palpable . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The negotiations were continuing , and fees for services the accountants were rendering were still being incurred . |
| 24 | Between them the eight runners had won three races ; they were racing 's cannon fodder . |
| 25 | Sitting with his back to the way they were going was unsettling . |
| 26 | ‘ The skim Pyle and his unknown associate were perpetrating was ten per cent of the Ministry accounts . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | When at last he spoke , his voice was tight , fully realising that the respirators they were wearing were inadequate for most nerve gases . |
| 29 | All this publicity we were getting was not getting us work . |
| 30 | It took only one or two flights in the Canberra to convince them that they were getting was a bomber with a fighter performance ! |