Example sentences of "[conj] was [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles could see at first-hand the tension that was building up in the vast depressing wastelands of the inner cities , where young people had no work , no ambition , no feeling of belonging , no pride in their surroundings — nothing , in fact , to get out of bed for in the mornings . |
| 2 | There was no reason , however , to link the unrest that was brewing up in the country with the Kamalian dictator . |
| 3 | Then , with his eyes fixed on hers , in the light that was shining through to the bed , he gently let the material of her only covering fall down to below her waist . |
| 4 | She 's not the one that was coming round with the baby ? |
| 5 | no , it was Michelle that was coming round with the baby |
| 6 | She 's not the one that was coming around with the baby ? |
| 7 | We give here a brief sample both of the original [ 10 ] and of Burgess 's Class 1 version [ 11 ] : [ 10 ] Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo … |
| 8 | We have an excellent reputation in Oxfordshire as an Education Authority erm and a reputation which extends around the country , so I do see it as a vote of confidence , and I am very pleased about it , but I do think that the whole exercise was somewhat premature in the light of the erm research and investigation that was going on into the tertiary college , and indeed the consulting process actually ran through at the same time as the campaign was running on whether the Banbury School should opt out , and erm regrettably I think has lost something as a result of having the two run together . |
| 9 | I just stood and stared for a few moments amid all the activity that was going on around the wounded Lovat . |
| 10 | yeah , you see , so we were laughing about this , anyway , Christopher phoned up and said he got through to the second part , he was the only one that was going through to the second part and he phoned up about forty five minutes later to say that he 'd erm , he 'd got the job |
| 11 | They all used to hang out there and quite a scene had developed Some of it had to do with it being the antithesis of the whole trash/sleaze thing that was going down at the start of the seventies . |
| 12 | Benny reddened at the stares , but Nan had left the two admirers and was bounding up to the back row . |
| 13 | She read it idiotically at least three times , until she 'd convinced herself there was no hidden psychological message in the bare statement of fact , and then realised that someone had just come in the front door of the flat and was moving around in the hall . |
| 14 | Harry had come into the lower doorway at the right time , and was moving up between the tables to take his normal place among the young fellows of knightly family , his peers . |
| 15 | Well , at about half-seven he 'd gone into a restaurant in St Giles ‘ , Browns ; had a nice steak , with a bottle of red wine ; left at about half-nine — and was strolling down to The Randolph when he 'd met Mrs Sheila Williams , just outside the Taylorian , as she was making for the taxi-rank . |
| 16 | The Eighth Army had suffered a crushing defeat and was digging in along the Alamein line , only sixty miles to the west of the Nile . |
| 17 | She was coming along the opposite pavement on foot and was looking up at the buildings as if she were not sure of being in the right street . |
| 18 | But Tsu Ma had turned already and was wading out into the deeper water . |
| 19 | Dan Ashton had come forward , and was leaning over from the side of Smith 's desk , whispering something into his boss 's ear . |
| 20 | Morse smiled to himself , and was walking over to the door when Stratton spoke again : ‘ Can I ask you a favour ? ’ |
| 21 | " I am going down , " she whispered , and before Maria Candida could stop her , had gathered her skirts and was running down to the hall . |
| 22 | The dog had lost interest and was heading back towards the kitchen . |
| 23 | And then , before they could answer , she had turned away and was heading back towards the bridge . |
| 24 | Jasper had got down on to the floor and was grubbing about under the carpet . |
| 25 | The moon , I thought briefly , had come down from the sky and was dancing about in the wood not far ahead . |
| 26 | Whoever was in the flat must have heard the muffled sound of the closing door and was going through into the bedroom to have a look out of the window . |
| 27 | She said that a tree expert had been consulted and was coming back to the council with advice on the breadth of a ‘ stand-off ’ zone to ensure no damage to the beech roots . |