Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sun was falling towards the horizon and birds were hurrying to their evening roosts . |
| 2 | The last gulls and guillemots were returning to their ledges , and a cormorant flew low over the water , hurrying to return home before nightfall . |
| 3 | And while the fashionable ammonites and graptolites were competing for their place in the spotlight , the minor characters in the stratigraphical play were doing exactly the same thing . |
| 4 | People and cars and buses were scurrying about their daily business . |
| 5 | It was the psychedelic 60s and drugs were beginning to their part in the Arts Lab , and I recall at one point David lecturing the audience on the dangers of taking drugs . ’ |