Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [prep] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three small black kids had gathered around Armstrong 's bonnet and were gazing in wonder at the gently vibrating engine . |
| 2 | Perhaps Gladys would join the group of Leicester ladies who were fluttering with anticipation in the back corner . |
| 3 | In an instant they were kneeling in silence by the bed with bowed foreheads ; and the sick boy tenderly put his hands on their heads , and pushed the frail white fingers through their hair , and looked at them tearfully without a word , till they hid their faces with their hands , and broke into deep suppressed sobs of compassion . |
| 4 | The mother , her 18-month-old son , a woman friend aged 40 , and two police officers , were recovering in hospital from the effects of smoke yesterday . |
| 5 | Ignoring the girls who were primping in front of the mirror she ran to the cubicles and dived inside one , slamming the door after her and leaning against it . |
| 6 | More than 100,000 refugees from the fighting were reportedly stranded on the banks of the Oxus river , between Tajikistan and Afghanistan ; relief agencies said that people were dying of cold in the freezing conditions . |
| 7 | The Sports Illustrated report confirmed scientists ' suspicions that as many as 600 porpoises each year were dying in entanglements in the Gulf , out of a total population for the East Coast of the US and Canada of perhaps only 8000 . |
| 8 | While they were steaming on top of the savoury liquid she whipped up a small quantity of French dressing , sprinkled it on shredded lettuce and tomato slices , then added grated cheese and made some sandwiches . |
| 9 | By late March divisions were appearing between members of the 12-party Unity Assembly ( Group of 12 — see p. 37313 ) over the extent to which Pascal-Trouillot should consult with the Council of State and over the alleged influence of Duvalierists or Duvalierist sympathizers in her administration . |
| 10 | They were appearing in pantomime at the Bristol Hippodrome at the time . |
| 11 | The larger , bolder birds such as magpies , crows and jackdaws were searching for food on the fairways — on one occasion a golf ball landed near to a crow who nonchalantly moved to one side to avoid the missile . |
| 12 | Our pyjamas and underwear were soaking with sweat after the journey in the boot and now , in the night cold , I was freezing . |
| 13 | Sara 's legs were trembling with exhaustion by the time she reached the stables . |
| 14 | We were looking at summaries of the agency 's projects in Africa . |
| 15 | DFC reported that Herbarium Committee were looking at options at the East end of the top floor . |
| 16 | IF EVER any miserable bastards were looking for evidence in the tedious ‘ American Bands Are Better Than Their Limp Bit Counterparts ’ argument , then the imbalance between Yanks Velvet and Glaswegian wranglers Perspex would ( unfortunately ) send the US-ophiles sprinting around a victory lap at Wem-ber-lee Stadium . |
| 17 | 34 per cent of SERC funded students were looking for work at the end of their courses ; |
| 18 | As Table 4.6 shows , 32 per cent of male SERC students were looking for work at the end of their courses : 47 per cent of the women were in this position . |
| 19 | ‘ Bill was being treated at South Cleveland Hospital and he saw notices that they were looking for donations for the holistic centre in the new hospital building . |
| 20 | The criteria for inclusion are complicated , but basically the doctors were looking for men in the top 10 per cent of overall risk . |
| 21 | That started because I think Charles saw that they were eventually going had to give way to twenty additional fire fighters and they were looking for safety within the service . |
| 22 | Basing her analysis on data from a large-scale , representative sample of women and men at the age of 23 , she shows that 16 per cent of single working-class men and 22 per cent of single working-class women were living with kin at the time of the survey . |
| 23 | Low take-up of benefits was largely responsible for more than four million people who were living on incomes below the income support level , said CPAG . |
| 24 | When the family were living in Paris between the world wars , Joyce worried about her promiscuity . |
| 25 | The book 's chief interest lies in the fact that Caroline Capel was a sister of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey and that she and her family , for financial reasons , were living in Brussels at the time of Waterloo . |
| 26 | We were living in Surrey at the time and I was sharing a double bed with my brother , who 's five years older than me . |
| 27 | They were hunting for evidence in the horrific case which detectives have dubbed the worst since child killers and torturers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley . |
| 28 | Some of the German soldiers who were acting as escort for the Poles , began to unsling their rifles apprehensively . |
| 29 | It appeared that when the advocate depute addressed the jury , he submitted that the Crown case was that both accused were acting in concert in the attack upon the deceased . |
| 30 | The existing members were told you can either join the new scheme with its improved benefits , reduced contributions , with certain rules that were operating in favour of the employer that were against them , but it was a balancing act , or if you do n't want that you can stay with the old scheme and continue with exactly the same terms . |