Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] was [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly I was climbing up the long ladder of the North pier , the rucksack being roped afterwards . |
| 2 | Well we did take some er legal advice on it and we were told that it was not illegal , erm I mean we think it 's highly immoral erm , but we were told it was not illegal , because they did not actually use the er the redundancy money did not come out of the fund , only this enhanced pension etcetera which was using up the , the surplus and we were told |
| 3 | As always he was nosing out the territory like a dog in a new home ; no objective in view . |
| 4 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 5 | That was the end of his second month 's loan after scoring twice in six games ; later he was to turn down the chance of a permanent move . |
| 6 | Now she was acting out the ill-fitting role of a protective mother , and protective of what ? |
| 7 | She was still shivering and her head felt muzzy , but now she was lying down the boat did n't seem to be doing quite so much heaving and rolling . |
| 8 | He had not tried , however , and now he was tying up the boat and expertly folding down the sails . |
| 9 | Well I was looking out the other side cos I was trying to work out where Glynis lived . |
| 10 | Barnes added : ‘ Being on the same pitch as that other bloke Barnes would be a dream because only two years ago I was putting up the nets on Sunday mornings for my hospital team . ’ |
| 11 | There I was strolling down the scrubby end of the Kings Road , mooching along . |
| 12 | Maybe she was warming up the showers . |
| 13 | She had a computer actually on the it was on the side of a surveying instrument , so she was probably working out how far down she 'd actually dug by looking through the sights and reading the numbers and then she was entering up the numbers on the computer . |
| 14 | He stroked firmly , looked over his right shoulder , stroked some more , looked over his left , then he was reversing up the stomach-churning Pipeline elevator . |
| 15 | Then he was running down the office , howling like a bereaved dog . |
| 16 | It consists of the bass-parts for each choir , placed one above the other , with bar-lines but no text or figures to indicate how he was to fill out the bass , only an occasional flat or sharp above the notes ; when in the Masses a movement begins in a higher part only , this is shown in the organ part ; but when the higher voices sing without the bass , the organ part is marked ‘ tacet ’ or ‘ non est hic ’ . |
| 17 | Mr Major explained how he was carrying on the principles of his predecessor and pointed out that he was her seconder in the leadership ballot and regretted that she had not stayed on . |
| 18 | Instead I was looking down the quay to where a pathetically thin girl was walking beside a smartly dressed woman . |
| 19 | I stole it out of one of the Posten 's haversacks when I was cleaning out the guard-room . |
| 20 | She was flown immediately by helicopter to Hillsborough Castle in County Down where she was carrying out the only engagements of the visit , a lunch party and a garden party for 1,200 people on a day Ulster was swept by torrential rain . |
| 21 | She paddled in the shallow water for a few moments before joining Stephen where he was setting up the barbecue in a shaded spot . |
| 22 | However , what is slightly more problematic than the end of the prosecution is why it was brought in the first place . |