Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had as much right to be there as I , and I was in no position to judge what benefits they were deriving from their experiences , beyond a developed attraction towards pyromania . |
| 2 | And while the fashionable ammonites and graptolites were competing for their place in the spotlight , the minor characters in the stratigraphical play were doing exactly the same thing . |
| 3 | As the 1980s were drawing to their close , The West Highlander — not to be confused with the BR-promoted summer steam service of the same name running between Fort William and Mallaig — emerged as the Charter Unit 's most successful train , achieving an average load factor of 87 per cent . |
| 4 | Most of them were black ; now black and white girls were singing about their boyfriends . |
| 5 | So er yeah the children from school were singing in their Easter bonnets and Easter hats . |
| 6 | The Trade Union workshop addressed some important issues , although women admitted to feeling apathetic and emotional about the various campaigns they were waging in their workplaces . |
| 7 | The temple bells were clanging to their climax as Ramlal hurried past the door , clutching his precious document , and laughing to himself at the thought that the God had got nothing from him at all . |
| 8 | Janice and Rory were tucking into their salads ; the terrace of the Achnaba Hotel was crowded with tourists , and on the road in front of the hotel cars , caravans and coaches hummed past , heading for Lochgilphead , Gallanach , or Kintyre . |
| 9 | They had moved their army south from Milfield yesterday , as soon as they were sure by what route the Scots were returning towards their own country , and chosen their position on the northern bank of the Glen water , a mile and more from its confluence with the Till . |
| 10 | In two weeks of December the number of male vagrants had risen to 371 , which included 252 ex-soldiers , and the master was of the opinion that the increase was due to the fact that many of the unemployed in London were returning to their own towns through the casual wards . |
| 11 | The last gulls and guillemots were returning to their ledges , and a cormorant flew low over the water , hurrying to return home before nightfall . |
| 12 | Men who had emptied their slop buckets were returning to their cells . |
| 13 | McFarlane heard the tale on the tarmac at Ben Gurion airport in May 1986 , as he and North were returning from their disastrous clandestine trip to Iran . |
| 14 | On the 7th of September a monster train of excursionists , under the guidance of Mr. Cook of Leicester , were returning from their wanderings in the land of the mountain and the flood , and nearing the ancient town of Dunbar … when the exclamation was suddenly heard , ‘ The Queen is coming ! ’ |
| 15 | Catalina said her husband 's resignation was first discussed with John Major while he and Norma were holidaying at their mountain home near Madrid . |
| 16 | Nena and Jeff Kemp were driving from their home in Pentland Grove , Darlington , to visit their daughter in Kent . |
| 17 | And also , remember , the firms , which as I say , were dying on their feet in any case , and I me , I did quote the Colchester Lathe because I felt so personally about that cos it was Colchester itself they have actually moved their division up to Leicester itself . |
| 18 | The peers of these teachers and the relatives of the boys were dying for their country — all the more need to help its future generation . |
| 19 | Radio Bangladesh reported on April 2 that a number of the refugees were dying in their camps in Bangladesh as a result of " diarrhoea , acute respiratory problems , gastric and gynaecological diseases " . |
| 20 | The DEEP 's , who once had an empire teeming with workers , were dying in their hundreds . |
| 21 | The walls on either side of the stairwell were dazzling in their brightness . |
| 22 | Well firstly the bill did n't have that rough a passage in the House of Lords , because there are only two basic amendments , er that we 're dealing with in the House of Commons that matter , and one of them is the one you 've just mentioned , the answer to it is this , er I 've had a lot of criticisms of giving B R the untrammelled right to bid , er right from the outset their criticisms to do with the danger that you would n't get competition for the franchises the private sector would be afraid , and incidentally this is not a sell off it 's it 's a way of getting the private sector into British Rail with all the advantages that brings , they would be afraid that they would face subsidized and unfair competition , above all , perhaps , British Rail ge=management would feel if they were bidding against their employer that would be a real discouragement to bid , and we 've a lot of evidence er that they feel that and that there are many who do wish to bid in management/employee buy outs , so what we 've done in the amendment is we 've preserved the right for British Rail to bid , but we 've dealt with those criticisms and worries which have come from a lot of quarters not least from within British Rail itself . |
| 23 | Police said the couple were walking to their hotel from a restaurant when a man drove a car up beside them , pointed a gun and ordered them to lie down . |
| 24 | No-one knew what anything cost or whether they were keeping within their budget . |
| 25 | Suddenly all sorts of birds were alighting on the branches of the tree around where Little Billy was sitting , and the Minpins were climbing onto their backs in droves . |
| 26 | Less than a month after Mrs Stanfield had returned to Caversham , the God-fearing people of Reading were shocked to find that similar gruesome discoveries were appearing on their stretch of the river . |
| 27 | They were seeking throughout their work to show that the concepts on which the edifice of capitalism was built , the concepts of the State , of property , of the nature of men and women , of marriage , of the family , of labour , of trade , and of capital itself , were not unshakeable givens based on such ahistorical phenomena as the nature of man , or logic , or god . |
| 28 | Two mornings ago David Gower and his stag night team-mates were groaning under their bedcovers . |
| 29 | And they were fitting in their own until they got up and running . |
| 30 | But if you were looking at their egos as well , er their whole personality had its defence disrupted , then of course , you may be able to see a bit more , because you are now looking at areas which are co both conscious and manifest themselves in all kinds of different ways . |