Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] when [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think they , or the likes of Norman Mailer and Budd Schulberg ever felt that they were slumming when they wrote for the sports pages , ’ says McIlvanney . |
| 2 | You see , we were coasting when I went to sleep ; I was floating , held by my seat belt . |
| 3 | Its engines were running when I arrived at about four . |
| 4 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 5 | ‘ Who was driving when it went past the pub ? ’ |
| 6 | And the young one was listening when she come to us . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone says that , ’ she whispered ‘ You know the Lady Prioress was lying when you talked to her on your first day at Godstowe ? ’ |
| 8 | Mm I was saying when he worked at Smedley they used to can up baked beans for er Smedleys themselves Tesco 's |
| 9 | The whole place was buzzing when she arrived at work that morning . |
| 10 | Dana was bewitching when she smiled like that and Roman did n't seem at all annoyed by her persistence . |
| 11 | He was smiling when he went into the room . |
| 12 | The EC was romancing when it talked about dealing with the Yugoslav problem . |