Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] were [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the main , they both consisted of boys and young men who were rather more reluctant to join in the ritual chanting and singing and were even less keen to get mixed up in the aggro . |
| 2 | Within hours , they had vacated the flat which they were occupying and were not seen again . |
| 3 | The 1977 Porchester report published figures provided by MAFF to indicate the potential loss of agricultural production if 16,000 hectares of Exmoor stayed as rough sheep grazing and were not converted to grassland . |
| 4 | but they 'd got some people coming and were very relieved when he said he 'd get a minicab to Reading . |
| 5 | Gandhi 's reference to people being allowed to follow their own desires , provided they were old enough to know what they were doing and were not subjected to force or material inducements , is an indication of the dubious conversion methods employed by some missionaries . |
| 6 | The key to a successful prosecution is proving that at the time of the offence the children understood the seriousness of what they were doing and were not simply behaving mischievously . |
| 7 | Er I think what he 's trying to say about the rich peasants is that er that they were always resisting the movement , it was only later on when they find that you know , that they , they need to get involved otherwise their own positions are er threatened then , then they 're joining and they 're only joining but were not actually participating in it , they 're not moving along , and so that 's what , that 's why he 's making a distinction between different types of peasants . |
| 8 | These children showed most response when they had finished modelling and were only interested in talking about their own model very little interest in those made by others in the group . |
| 9 | It was here that attitudes and issues began emerging that were later to assume national significance and where parties were being transformed into empty shells , the eventual fate of parties at both the national and state levels . |