Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [conj] they [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they were prattling while they were prattling . |
| 2 | You ca n't away with er some bum figures like this one , it 's not good enough for the members to give , be given wrong information and I and I can tell you this we 'll be coming back again and then we would know and where they were getting where they were getting the seventeen homes |
| 3 | They knew what they were doing and they were getting hits from it , whereas we are an experimental albums band . ’ |
| 4 | The the estate agents were finding that they were using these up very quickly by sending them away , also they were rather expensive to send away in the post and we were not prepared to put , er we were n't getting the income to survive on that . |
| 5 | He and his 13 year old friend Andre Leota were playing when they were assaulted by three men . |
| 6 | Mainly what the sect vans were carrying when they were raided by the police . |