Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We filled that and while they were eating that we kept the hay , hay , cut it through a rick , a big thin knife , you know , fill the remainder of the racks with the hay , so that by the time they 'd gone and finished that they 'd gone in to eat the hay , then we 'd got the yard free to litter it out , and to straw it on both sides , one would be on the , one down on the bottom to pull straw down into the yard , and that was . |
| 2 | Once again the movies were proving that they had their own version of what was real . |
| 3 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
| 4 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
| 5 | We felt that erm Trust Law had worked effectively erm you know over the years erm w we were happy with the extra powers that the er committee were recommending and the extra precautions that the committee were recommending that we brought in , but erm we would be happy with that backup to continue with the Trust Law . |
| 6 | ‘ They 'll come back , ’ I said comfortingly to the girls , who were lamenting that they had forgotten to bring a camera . |
| 7 | It was over , and some were complaining that they had missed it . |
| 8 | With the others I felt … on the same side as them because they were saying that they had been tortured themselves in a way , had been turned into animals , tools . |
| 9 | I was surprised by the number of people who were saying that they disliked him , and by the degree of bitterness and the spiteful determination that he had to go . |
| 10 | you you talk er you know , when you were saying that you 'd erm you 'd sold an endless succession of of things , wh wh when you bought things , er you know when when you were married , it was there always that element in it that it was here for a just |
| 11 | And they were saying that you do n't give , the local erm MP was saying you know people just give their kids up and walk away . |
| 12 | ‘ You were saying that he has written a wonderful book — and that it 's going to be published ? ’ |
| 13 | and of course the bloke that were drinking that he kept , then they buy a |
| 14 | Only a few years ago , in their efforts to quell the excessive and unhealthy use of laxatives , many doctors were insisting that it did not matter . |
| 15 | Aye I were reading that they did a survey on it did n't they ? |
| 16 | Many were guessing that it had been filled with pepper or castor-oil or some other foul-tasting substance that would make the boy violently sick . |
| 17 | Tin Maung Win of the NLD was reported by Voice of Myanma radio on Jan. 31 to have " passed away " on Jan. 18 ; on Feb. 8 the Associated Press news agency reported that diplomats were claiming that he died in the city 's Insein prison . |
| 18 | And there we were thinking that it passed the 2m mark at the end of last year : IMB Corp says that on the first anniversary of the launch of OS/2 2.0 , it has shipped more than 2m copies , has more than 80 agreements with hardware vendors to package OS/2 on their systems , and that there are now 1,200 applications specifically written for it . |
| 19 | You were thinking that I had married her for her money , and that she 'd married me for … all the wrong reasons . |
| 20 | People were realizing that they had a choice . |
| 21 | Is not the hypocrisy and confusion in the Opposition ranks shown by the fact that , when that judgment was announced , the legal affairs spokesman for the Opposition was immediately in the media demanding my right hon. Friend 's resignation , while the shadow Home Secretary was demanding that he remain . |
| 22 | The letter was dated almost a week previously , and as Merrill read it she realised with dismay that Richard was already in the area and was suggesting that they meet in the lounge of Frobishers ' at seven o'clock on Saturday — this evening . |
| 23 | I was so sure I was drowning that I forgot about the race and screamed out , " Father ! |
| 24 | It was touching that they cared about you . ’ |
| 25 | Before I was in the band if I saw that something was happening that I did n't like I 'd say nothing and go along with it . |
| 26 | I believe now the driver — I did n't see who it was — was checking that I had left the pub . |
| 27 | I was explaining that we had fallen in need of a housekeeper and an under-butler at one and the same time and Miss Kenton had arrived — with unusually good references , I recall — to take up the former post . |
| 28 | My aunt was explaining that she had come up to visit me . |
| 29 | I had a husband who was pretending that I did not have cancer , and a mother who tried to inspire me by showing me pictures of Page Three girls under banner headlines of ‘ How I conquered cancer ’ . |
| 30 | Anna was so startled by his perception and directness that she said , ‘ I was worrying that you had got the wrong impression , that you — ’ She stopped , silenced by loyalty . |