Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [conj] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | It stood on a piece of waste ground beyond which tinkers left their carts during the day , when they were begging or doing casual work . |
| 2 | Were the technicians indifferent to what they were recording or did they sometimes become aroused too , and if so , were there rules against them joining in ? |
| 3 | she were crying and doing , you know what I mean ? |
| 4 | They both knew what they were doing and did n't just rush into it . |
| 5 | ‘ Heard the latest ? ’ said Harriet in the kitchen where they were lounging and doing nothing as usual . |
| 6 | Goodbye he was going and do n't say that . |
| 7 | " The Shah wanted to go to America because he did n't know what Sullivan was reporting and did n't know what was happening in the US . |
| 8 | Granny said it gave her someone to talk to when she was baking or doing the housework and Grandad liked to take Morag to the farm next door to show her the hens and pigs and the other animals who lived there . |
| 9 | I scarcely knew what I was saying or doing . |
| 10 | When they was doing the decorating and that and a lock went wrong oh take it down to Dick and er they 'd bring it and whatever I was doing , however important it was , just because they 'd be finish the decorating at night and they wanted to put the lock back , I 'd drop what I was doing and do this for them . |
| 11 | Then he moved , but , instead of moving to take his seat behind his desk as she had expected , he moved to where she was sitting and did not stop until he was level with her . |
| 12 | He then walked out of the house saying he was leaving but did not take anything with him and the car remained outside the house . |
| 13 | Franco was surprised , he was hard at work , had just reached an important moment in a piece he was composing and did n't want to be interrupted . |