Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again the movies were proving that they had their own version of what was real . |
| 2 | She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him . |
| 3 | My boots and feet were smouldering when they found me . |
| 4 | The musky male scent of his cologne teased her nostrils , and she was ashamed at the way her knees were trembling as he led her over to sit down on the wide , comfortable couch . |
| 5 | But his hands were trembling as he put them back in his pockets , and a thick feeling rose up in his throat whenever he thought of Helen , which seemed to be nearly all the time . |
| 6 | That is the information on which the police were acting when they decided it was reasonable to take this action . |
| 7 | ‘ We could say we were passing and we saw something suspicious , so no , that wo n't do . ’ |
| 8 | Several people were listening but nobody said anything at first . |
| 9 | The children were listening though they kept their eyes intently fixed on their school books . |
| 10 | All Nicandra remembered about that race meeting was her pure delight at getting the longest possible odds on Lal 's runner and Lal buying a bottle of champagne after her race , the three of them were celebrating when she remembered her tryst with Robert . |
| 11 | His eyes were watering as he started it , and he looked away from me again , towards the deserted white tables around us . |
| 12 | Although bureau primarily exist to simply output your files direct to bromide or film most of them will make sure that the output is what you were expecting before they send it back . |
| 13 | I was surprised by the number of people who were saying that they disliked him , and by the degree of bitterness and the spiteful determination that he had to go . |
| 14 | That 's what they were saying and I fought them . ’ |
| 15 | It , it was a really nice size shop Walsall Wood was , but my sister , remember is eighty-two , I asked her , I told her you were coming and I asked her if there was anything she could tell me but er she do could n't tell me much more than myself . |
| 16 | You say if , if all your loans to B Sky B were performing and you consolidated them erm , what your income would be ? |
| 17 | They were losing and she knew they were going to lose and their last bloke was coming in and she was cheering them on . |
| 18 | He pointed to the straight-backed figure of a striking Chinese girl in an embroidered silk dress before whom the crowds were parting as she made her way slowly along the opposite pavement . |
| 19 | Hundred I says d I says do you know how mu what speed I were running when I did them ? |
| 20 | And the people doing it in these garages erm , you know like respraying and doing all the welding and everything , really he said some of the things they were doing if they did it legally they 'd make a good go of it |
| 21 | Rovers were bubbling and they made it two on 15 minutes . |
| 22 | Father-of-two Steve said : ‘ I thought they were joking when they said I was not sufficiently disabled . ’ |
| 23 | Benny 's hands were smarting and he rubbed them gently on his shirt . |
| 24 | People were boarding and I elbowed my way into line . |
| 25 | We were talking and I heard myself say , " It must have been a very terrible experience , being with those Apaches . " |
| 26 | and the other chap that brought it round was very nice and we were talking and she said we worked at Panasonic and I said to him said yes , and I , I said oh I know somebody who works for Panasonic , and she said oh they probably know each other and she told me . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd take your clothes off now and prove it to you , ’ he said thickly , and his hands were shaking as they held her by the hips . |
| 28 | Someone brought her a coffee and she smiled vague thanks , noting with the same odd detachment that her hands were shaking as she clasped them around the mug . |
| 29 | I mean they , they were exploiting or they had they had the potential exploit more countries than Russia did . |
| 30 | I went out where the rest of the staff were working and I told them ‘ I am leaving . |