Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [prep] [art] streets " in BNC.
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| 1 | The night I arrived I was walking around the streets on my own looking for work . |
| 2 | The least I would expect would be an immediate invitation from the Prime Minister , come and see me , because if it was happening on the streets of any city in Britain and the MP stood up and said what I 've said I think he would be in Downing Street within the night . |
| 3 | New College was an arsenal , Magdalen College had the heavy ordnance , which was clattering through the streets drawn by horses , whenever it was brought in . |
| 4 | The open fields remained open for another generation — until the secret ballot came in 1872 , but by then grass was growing in the streets of the town . |
| 5 | After that he 'd come down and hopped through a hole in the fence where the canal ran alongside some waste ground , and now he was staying off the streets as he made his way across town and toward home ground . |
| 6 | All the houses looked like Gloucester in the olden days andf it was snowing in the streets . |