Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stella was coughing when the flash bulb went off . |
| 2 | Where before , half the amusement of seeing the New FADS play was seeing whether the five unlikely groovers could carry off their groove thing without sounding like A Certain Ratio after one too many spliffs , now there is a confidence , and with it comes a hint of threat . |
| 3 | With the raft being swept away by the tide she could n't climb back on board and was struggling when the lifeboat crew reached her . |
| 4 | Abul Ismail said , ‘ She was starving before the beams fell on her body . |
| 5 | Mr Deputy Speaker that 's exactly what the authorities are asked to make sure about and of course they must have sensible plans so that there are always beds and facilities for those who need them , but in a way it 's a success of care in the community that that more elderly people are being looked after in their own homes and so we 've arrested the very rapid growth in permanent residential places which was occurring before the policy was introduced er , as we now see , despite some gloomy forewarning , local authorities have in general managed well in the first year of their responsibilities , they 've examined thousands of cases and many people have been helped to make decisions about their own futures . |
| 6 | Harris ( 1972–73 ) reported that territorial breakdown among the islands ' iguanas ( Conolophus subcristatus ) was occurring because the animals were deserting their territories to assemble in visitor-frequented areas to be fed . |
| 7 | Germany between the wars felt a sharpening of the internal contradictions by which it lived , but it is doubtful that the people concerned ever had a clear understanding of what was happening because the tensions were buried deep within the very fabric of the Reich and because the form and pattern of struggles that resulted from these tensions were always far removed from the real heart of the matter . |
| 8 | A study of Mary as queen rather than as a woman of great misfortune and ultimate tragedy necessitates discussion of what was happening when the central figure of the monarch was off-stage , and especially before her debut , when the scene of her rule was set ; the problems which her absence created , and the way in which others struggled to resolve them are as relevant as the short period of her personal reign . |
| 9 | We followed the programme devised centrally , which proved to be a bonus when companies wishing to link into more than one school could identify readily what was happening as the process was common to each school . |
| 10 | ‘ Jock ’ Hilton Barber was not flying on this date , and saw what happened from the ground : ‘ I was swimming when a battle started overhead . |
| 11 | He says that he was operating when a bullet wizzed in through the window and hit the surgeon next to him . |
| 12 | He was wondering whether the slaves who had been shipped to America had looked like this , when he felt his mother 's gentle touch on his shoulder and turned to find her smiling fondly at him . |
| 13 | I was wondering if the world had gone mad . |
| 14 | ‘ I was wondering if the analyst is taking it out of him . ’ |
| 15 | It 's just that it 's aching , I was wondering if the |
| 16 | HE WAS WONDERING IF THE MEETING WOULD BE CHANGED ( Liaise with Stewart ) |
| 17 | But because g two ca n't become a , a structure plan issue , I was wondering if the erm , environmental strategy of this council , when it is adopted , er , er , wh when it 's formulated and , and , and , and adopted , er , could that be incorporated as an appendix to the county structure plan . |
| 18 | I felt that my running was improving as the season progressed and that I was in with a chance . |
| 19 | The air was improving as the recyclers filtered out the stench and the smoke . |
| 20 | I spent the next four and a half months in Kuwait and Iraq as part of Saddam Hussein 's human shield , with nothing except my hand luggage and the clothes ( and shoes ) that I was wearing when the flight left London . |
| 21 | You might even recognise these … silk stockings which every girl , was wearing when the Americans were in town . |
| 22 | AD 675 , a shortage of gold forced a change to silver coins ( sceattas ) and their frequency in Kent points to both Kentish supremacy in exchange and , perhaps , the direction in which commerce was moving when the change was necessary . |
| 23 | He was speaking after a man was convicted in Charleston , West Virginia , of printing $800,000 in US and Canadian currency . |
| 24 | Tom was speaking when the Hanks and Quilter families were meeting with Christian in Tom 's cottage to discuss details of the forthcoming wedding . |
| 25 | He was speaking as the bank unveiled a bounce-back into the black for 1992 , with pre-tax profits of £9.84 million replacing the previous year 's loss of £5.97 million . |
| 26 | Joanne was quite happy with the way she was teaching until the GCSE began to be talked about , particularly in relation to its emphasis on investigative work and school-based assessment . |
| 27 | The safety of the Ignalina nuclear power station in Lithuania , based on a similar design to Chernobyl' , was raised by the republican party secretary at the 19th Party Conference ; the construction of a third reactor , he complained , was proceeding before the details of its design had been approved , and before proper arrangements had been made for its security . |
| 28 | The generator revved up and down , providing power to the automatic launcher ; it had some sort of randomly set variation built into where it was aiming because the clays came out at a different angle and heading each time . |
| 29 | The food and medical supply situation in Juba , 95 km north-west of Torit , was deteriorating as the town remained under siege by the SPLA . |
| 30 | She turned to Artemis who knew what was coming before the question was asked . |