Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , coordinators as a group were acutely conscious of the way their own success depended in large part upon how they and the practices they were promoting were regarded by existing staff in the schools where they were placed . |
| 2 | The ploughed field they were passing was speckled with brilliant-green shoots . |
| 3 | The selection procedure the forty-six weekenders were undergoing was devised in 1980 to recognize talent , wherever it came from . |
| 4 | Remembering that what we were experiencing was meant to be enjoyable left our wits spinning like a lawn sprinkler . |
| 5 | But Suzy said there were all kinds of awards young people could get , particularly if what they were doing was connected with conservation — I was really surprised . |
| 6 | The report that I commissioned to get a debate going on why some schools were failing was commissioned from three people whose expertise has not been challenged and nor , as far as I know , have most of their conclusions . |
| 7 | I knew nothing of the facts of life until I got to my preparatory school , when at the age of thirteen , all of the boys who were leaving were summoned to the headmaster 's study . |
| 8 | The narrow road they were following was overhung with oak and chestnut trees , their interlaced branches letting through thin , bright shafts of light that flickered and danced over the car as it passed underneath . |