Example sentences of "they were [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The show continued until Christmas by which time Mr Smith and Doris realized they were facing up to a new way of life that would challenge them even more than the lean and difficult times of the thirties . |
| 2 | They were straying back into the realms of evidence , and that would be a matter for the court when the Proof was heard . |
| 3 | We wo n't know till tomorrow what sort of dog 's breakfast they 'll dish up out of it , but they were waffling on about the poor little guinea-pig baby . |
| 4 | Entitled Swizzlewick , it ‘ starred ’ a Mrs Smallgood , a Councillor Salt — the chairman of the NVALA committee was a Birmingham councillor by the name of Pepper — and Ernest the postman , Ernest being the name of Mr Whitehouse and ‘ Postman 's Piece ’ the name of the house they were living in at the time . |
| 5 | They were flapping round on the |
| 6 | She went around with a group of friends of about the same age , and one evening they were messing around at a friend 's house when his parents were out . |
| 7 | They were catching up with an interrupted past , not forestalling a proletarian future . |
| 8 | Vangmoor came up on the screen as if they were looking out of the window , but Vangmoor in summer without the wind and with leaves on the trees . |
| 9 | Another few totters and another series of hasty hoppity-skips , and they were looking down at a ramshackle wooden building which sat in a hollow among yellow bushes of gorse . |
| 10 | They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside . |
| 11 | They were looking down into a long dark cellar , lit by a brazier at one end . |
| 12 | When they were riding up in the lift , Damian said , ‘ I think we should go over the minutes together . ’ |
| 13 | It was absurd for her to be going on such an expedition She and Matthew sat at the back of the bus , and while they were bowling along into the country , with a beautiful view of the landscape , Matthew explained the history of the school forest . |
| 14 | It was an uneventful drive to Ravens ' Bridge , past the steamer pier and the small wooden jetties before turning sharply to cross over a shallow , slow-moving stream ; a final view of the calm and sparkling waters of the lake and then they were swinging around into the village 's centre — a wide area off the road painted into parking spaces , a couple of tea rooms , several small hotels and a marine shop with a yard for pleasure boats alongside . |
| 15 | They were settling down to a family Christmas at home when Belinda suddenly got very tired and her temperature soared . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't mention him again ! ’ he said thickly , and a moment later they were stepping out into the sunlight at the Royal Hong Kong Cricket Club , the colonial sanctuary of Hong Kong Island with its Tudor pavilion , sweeping green lawns and the Union Jack flying against a halcyon blue sky . |
| 17 | They were building up to a strong finish with ‘ The Skater 's Waltz ’ and Noreen knew her number would go up next . |
| 18 | One evening , while they were dining out at a restaurant , he decided to buy some condoms from a machine . |
| 19 | Then they were gliding in to a crown of diamond lights and it was time . |
| 20 | Then to the accompanying curious twitch of a dozen net curtains , and a wave and smile from Josey and Charlie , they were gliding off down the narrow little street , rather like , Lisa thought , a ship gliding across water . |
| 21 | She shrugged ruefully , and ten minutes later they were speeding out of the village . |
| 22 | They were getting out of a stretch limo when we rolled up in our private bus . |
| 23 | As they were getting out of the police car a royal blue Land Rover drew up beside them and a coastguard officer got out . |
| 24 | When they were walking up through the Grove on her birthday . |
| 25 | They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window . |
| 26 | ‘ Thank you for a lovely meal , ’ she said , when Vitor had settled the bill and they were walking back along the quay . |
| 27 | While they were walking back from the Huddersfield discotheque , it suddenly dawned on Fred and Arthur that they had eaten three main meals that day instead of two . |
| 28 | From what I could gather they were showing in in the area where the new ticket office is , as opposed to a bit screen on the pitch facing the east stand as they propose for the scum game ( And they 're getting a beer license for this too ! ! ! ! ! ) . |
| 29 | Sunk fathoms deep in thought once more , Luce took no heed of her surroundings , and only when they were pulling in to a private landing-stage overhung by green willows did she surface and realise the significance of the overnight bag . |
| 30 | The fish they were pulling out of the Swedish lakes were badly deformed . |