Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [conj] [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't last time I , cos we were talking about er when I say talking I do n't mean nastily but the last time I saw Janet I asked after Wendy and she said she was still working and enjoying her job and the children were growing up and she did n't mention any other children so cos her husband works away a lot of the year does n't he ? |
| 2 | If I were saying here that I do n't approve , then obviously it would be of no value , it would just be generation gap inanity , but it 's not that , and approval does n't come into the equation . |
| 3 | With the aid of the LFS we were able to examine further the extent to which members of the temporary labour force in the hotel and catering industry were working on that basis because they had been unable to find permanent jobs , and to what extent they were doing so because they did not want permanent jobs . |
| 4 | A few girls were dancing together as they did at the youth club hops and the dancing was of the proper ‘ ballroom variety ’ — waltzes , quicksteps and foxtrots . |
| 5 | Now one day , you ca n't leave it on the hob , one day we were sitting here and I do n't normally , if I put anything on I sit in there rea you 've seen me go in on a Sunday |
| 6 | erm like you we read the first passage and it was kind of what 's what 's all this about if you was n't in the room and you did n't know what was being you have n't got a clue what was going on because it does n't tell you , but the rest of the sections that put down they do give a sort of brief analysis |
| 7 | And he said , today he phoned me just as I was going out and I did n't really sort of stop and talk to him very long . |
| 8 | The tone of the article was that Charman was getting out because he did not want to commit himself to the group on a full-time basis . |
| 9 | I was showing off because I did n't have to go there any more . |
| 10 | Someone else I know went to the Villa Souleiado while she was working there and she did n't deny her role . ’ |