Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three quarters of the respondents were using their system up to twice a week . |
| 2 | Men were piling his furniture on to a cart in the street . |
| 3 | They were making their way round to the stables at the back of the Manse . |
| 4 | Mistinguett was drawing huge crowds at the FoliesBergeres ; the great Bernhardt , though aged and ailing , was still as seductive as ever , dividing her time between the theatre and her hospital for the wounded at the Odéon ; at the Opéra Comique Manon was all the rage , and in May , when the Germans were hammering their way on to Côte 304 , there was a glittering film premiere of Salammbô and once again the Spring Flower Show was reinstated in all its pre-war glory . |
| 5 | On January 5 , 1953 they were feeling their way back to Coningsby through terribly foggy weather when the aircraft crashed in a field at Claxby Pluckacre . |
| 6 | Now Van Cheele was driving his guest back to the station . |
| 7 | He glanced quickly across to check on Delaney and Nell , and was turning his attention back to the others , when he frowned . |
| 8 | A girl with a superheroine costume was holding her face up to the mirror , tracing a cobweb pattern on her pale cheeks . |
| 9 | Dora was summoned ; her appearance , announcing that she was taking her protégée back to the auberge without delay , did nothing to help matters . |
| 10 | Indeed , as I was making my way back to this guest house this evening , I glanced back over my shoulder on a number of occasions and was met each time by a view of the sun setting behind that great spire . |