Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not designer stubble , this was getting up in the morning and not being bothered . |
| 2 | Does it mean that something mysterious , even mystical was going on inside the computer ? |
| 3 | Even as the car was pulling away , another was swinging in around the Green . |
| 4 | In the next room half of Beverly Hills High was freaking out to The Doors . |
| 5 | Most of pop 's pretensions to offering social commentary for all were waning along with The Clash and the 2-Tone contingent , and a new ethic of dance-and-forget prevailed . |
| 6 | All had their sails up and all were looking out to the Solent , not back towards the red foils approaching them at 35 knots . |
| 7 | As he watched , more and more were pouring down onto the rope , from the round hole in the ceiling that led to the bell itself . |
| 8 | In a few seconds , two fell dead , one was running back into the trees , and four were inside the stockade . |
| 9 | Across the bridge in Aberfeldy more people than usual were standing about on the dried mud of the half-built streets . |
| 10 | Fearful anticipation had proved somewhat worse than the event , and most Viennese were coming round to the opinion that , whatever the failings of Napoleon 's men , they were at least an improvement upon the Hapsburgs ' Russian allies , whom everyone loathed . |
| 11 | On the other side of the yard , the first of the City 's homeless were coming out of the union . |
| 12 | And as the 1980s drew to a close , the first locomotives of Class 60 were rolling out of the Brush works at Loughborough , destined to become the standard Railfreight traction unit well into the early years of the twenty-first century . |
| 13 | To omit this background is rather like accusing the RAF of bombing innocent women and children in Berlin without mentioning that world war two was going on at the time . |
| 14 | I observed him warily , waiting for the outburst I felt certain was infusing along with the coffee , but he remained impassive and finished the meal by stoically downing a litre or so of the espresso blend , a large tin box of Amaretti di Saronno and eight grappa . |
| 15 | The task of the Prime Minister was unremitting , for he was on duty every minute of the day and night and must know all that was going on in the Government . |
| 16 | well not everyone was racing around at the weekend … thousands were sitting out in the sun yesterday at Moreton in Marsh to enjoy a game of sunday cricket … it was Gloucestershire against Northamptonshire |
| 17 | Most were turning back to the western shore , to life but certain capture . |