Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] their [noun] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How could Hassan be expected to steer when they were flaunting their ankles in front of him ? ’ |
| 2 | Three others arrested shortly after the killings ( Donna Maguire , 24 , Paul Hughes , 27 , and Sean Hick , 30 ) were acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence , but remained in custody , since the German authorities were seeking their extradition in connection with attacks on UK service personnel in Germany . |
| 3 | It would still have been very difficult to explain to the Indians that they were selling their land in perpetuity , and of course nobody could have had any idea of the immense flood of immigrants that was going to cross the Atlantic . |
| 4 | Now it seems to me with erm with great respect from the view of the taxing officer , that er it 's quite clear that er both parties were holding han were holding their hands in relation to a question of taxation because negotiations were going on between the parties and indeed the defendants were being requested er not to proceed with taxation but to see if they could obtain an overall assessment and the point was met to the defendants barrister , telling quite frankly there would n't be much advantage in the defendants pushing on with erm taxation because they 'd only , they would have to look to his interest in the property to get payment , it seems to me in those circumstances that it can not be said that erm the plaintiffs were in any way acting improperly and not seeking to have the costs taxed during the period while the negotiations were being carried on er because effectively and |
| 5 | Russia and Cuba were expanding their activities in Africa at the time and the generals were demanding every man as a counterweight in Europe against the Warsaw Pact armies . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , mothers were having their babies in hospital , I ca n't think why — they wanted all the technology and epidurals and things . |
| 7 | Does my honourable friend agree with Klaus Stratzenburg who is a supervisor with Black and Decker in Lindburg in Germany who when asked to comment as to why he felt that Black and Decker were closing their plant in Germany to move it to Spennymore in County Durham , said it 's simple industry must be flexible , the social chapter is n't . |
| 8 | This is implied in the following passage from his memoirs : ‘ We had n't given the Cubans anything more than the Americans were giving their allies in Italy and Turkey . |
| 9 | Lucien accepted this praise with downcast eyes , aware that the most accomplished of Mandru 's vibrancers were biting their knuckles in shame , because they had not practised diligently enough to emulate Lucien 's glowing performance . |
| 10 | Other entrants had been apprenticed to farriers , druggists , and so on , or were following their fathers in practice . |
| 11 | Administrators also reacted with less than a becoming degree of sympathy to the problems of neighbouring agricultural peoples whose population was outstripping their resources in land . |