Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] by an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lily and the boy were standing by an old iron playhorse which had once been painted dark green but now was blotched with rust . |
| 2 | The mother , aged 22 , of Wolverhampton , had been stabbed to death and her husband , aged 30 , was hanging by an electric cable from a loft beam . |
| 3 | The overall cost of welfare programmes in Western Europe was rising by an average of 7 per cent per annum in the 1970s , while the economy was growing by an average of 3.5 per cent . |
| 4 | If the figures below from audience surveys in 1960 , 1967 and 1973 are reliable , then the number of households with radio sets was growing by an average of more than 100,000 per year . |
| 5 | The overall cost of welfare programmes in Western Europe was rising by an average of 7 per cent per annum in the 1970s , while the economy was growing by an average of 3.5 per cent . |
| 6 | By the end of the nineteenth century London 's population was rising by an extra 100,000 inhabitants per annum . |
| 7 | Last Monday night , in a mood of deep depression , I was sitting by an open window , praying for a little peace and happiness in my dark life . |
| 8 | Fowler was sitting by an alcove where there were shelves stuffed with books , old books with broken spines and faded lettering so that it was impossible to decide what most of them were about . |
| 9 | This day , I was sitting by an old lady , almost as old as I am now , I suppose . |