Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] and [pron] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the prospect was alarming enough and it was a gloomy festival at Christmas 1978 . |
| 2 | And they come out and they sort of were looking around and there was a load of cars here . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'll be told in good time , ’ he said and would not listen when Goll the Gorm said , crossly , as they trooped out , that it was always the same ; they were not told what was going on and it was a disgrace and a scandal and there 'd be a revolution at Tara before much longer , if there would n't be an outright war . |
| 4 | Well Pete walked in on them and apparently they were butt naked and shagging away and it was a load of crap . |
| 5 | The tumour was growing rapidly and there was a danger the windpipe would close up completely . ’ |
| 6 | Connie Winn , an old inhabitant , was once in the dining-room of her home and there was a terrible noise coming up from the kitchen : saucepans appeared to be clattering unduly and there was an occasional crash of broken crockery : |
| 7 | There was a dark place — some boat fitter 's equipment was lying around and there was the sailmaker 's van as well as parked cars . |
| 8 | You know at the top it was like sloping down here and the car 's like this and I 'm having to try and get the car back down without it toppling over and it was an abs |
| 9 | He opened it up at the last minute , came flying over and it was a terrific shot . |
| 10 | And then at last everyone was shuffling chairs on the pile carpet and getting up and there was a lot of shaking of hands and Edward and Helen were in the lift once more , smoothly and silently descending . |
| 11 | I 'm driving along and there was somebody coming round and it was a bit narrow and so I hung back and let him come through |
| 12 | Love also revealed that it had been decided not to include Iain Philip and Alastair Storie , as they had been playing overseas and it was a better option to give the others some match practice . |
| 13 | The sun was beating down and there was a sort of mistiness in my head , but a pleasant mistiness . |
| 14 | The lamp was burning brightly and there was a good fire in the fireplace . |