Sentence examples for when we were being from inspiring English sources

"In May when we were being paid 32.5p it made economic sense to milk cows.

Mladic saying we are not shelling Sarajevo when we were being shelled as he was speaking.

Where were you when we were being slaughtered, attacked with chemical weapons and buried in mass graves in 1988?

I remember a parents' evening when we were being told how our children were going to be taught to read.

"We never learned how to deal with a riot, what to do when we were being assaulted".

"When we were being swept by the water, many people were floating and raising their hands and yelling for help.

And we know when we're being bought".

"We all know when we're being played now".

It's called fear when we are being generous and bigotry when we are not.

Also, trying to be aware that we're generally funniest when we're not intending to be; when we are being truthful or trying our best and failing.

This is especially true when we are being advised to stock emergency kits with iodine pills.