Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [conj] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within hours , they had vacated the flat which they were occupying and were not seen again . |
| 2 | That 's what the continentals were doing and are still doing . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 577 and Dunton Properties Ltd. v. Coles , Knapp & Kennedy Ltd. ( 1959 ) 174 E.G. 723 related to information received by the estate agents in their capacity as agents of the principal who was complaining and was therefore not subject to any duty of confidentiality owed by the agents to other persons . |