Example sentences of "they were [v-ing] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the very moment when they were writing about these problems , Marx and Engels were writing the seminal texts in which the political solutions were expounded . |
| 2 | Eva and my father were going into the front room , hand-in-hand , and they were reaching for each other low down , and clutching , tongues out , pressed against each other even before they 'd got through the door . |
| 3 | They were looking into each other 's face and laughing as if , Agnes thought , they were alone . |
| 4 | They were looking into each other 's eyes with a tenderness that brought her a cruel , twisting anguish . |
| 5 | They were looking to each other now anxiously . |
| 6 | If they were looking for more cancer then surely the place to look was at the next vulnerable point ? |
| 7 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 8 | They were looking at each other and touching each other in such a funny way . |
| 9 | They were looking at each other . |
| 10 | The men were in the same position , but now they were looking at each other . |
| 11 | If men were beginning to abandon their fear of hell , they were clinging with some tenacity to their hopes of heaven , as we shall see in chapter nine . |
| 12 | It was as if they were clinging to each other , and they could n't let go . |
| 13 | The first of those tests came the following afternoon , when they were riding along that stretch of the route , around Carrick-on-Suir , where the rail was to run near the northern bank of the river for the best part of ten miles . |
| 14 | He reckoned his enemies would be concealed in the forest , and if they were mustering in any strength at all , would need to use the comparatively level and open banks for their attack . |
| 15 | But they were staying on another week … ’ |
| 16 | Now , there are hints that they were moving beyond that position . |
| 17 | As a result many Marxists , including Engels himself , fell back onto simple utilitarian explanations when they were dealing with these societies , one of the types of explanation which Marx had vigorously rejected . |
| 18 | While anxiously awaiting the first sighting report of the wanted man , they were watching with some satisfaction the handcuffed members of the Prophet 's entourage being bundled none too gently into the waiting paddy wagons by grim-faced uniformed cops . |
| 19 | But as they were returning with all speed , Rodrigo of Bivar raised the country , and came up with them in the mountains of Oca , and fell upon them and discomfited them , and won back all their booty , and took all the five Kings prisoners . |
| 20 | ‘ Because she was premature , as they were pulling at this thing I was thinking , ‘ Do n't touch … ’ , and one worries that something might go wrong , and then there 's this tremendous sense of relief , and elation and exhaustion . |
| 21 | So they were playing with each others models , No that bit has to go there |
| 22 | Though it is not known how the two friends met , they were corresponding with each other by 1945 , Vaughan sharing with Minton , in the immediate aftermath of war , his mood of cynical disaffection . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ They were shooting in all directions but as I drove towards them on my tractor they started to run . |
| 24 | They were standing outside that school office , the young lasses ' typin' school , you know . |
| 25 | They were doing in that shop exactly what they intended to do and in all probability , what they intended to do from the moment they got up that morning . |
| 26 | Do n't ask me what they were doing in this bar , apart from looking for me . |
| 27 | And they were working at this Pit . |
| 28 | They were working with both ends . |
| 29 | While they were working on this case there were some things which Nikos had better not know . |
| 30 | Providers felt they were working against each other to capture trainees to ensure their own survival . |