Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [was/were] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily the weather was so awful that nothing was flying , so there was only routine work to attend to . |
| 2 | At the junction with the road she braked just long enough to see that nothing was coming then turned right and careered wildly down the long hill into the village . |
| 3 | The trees were rustling silver in the moonlight and the garden , as always , waved its grass nonchalantly , trying to suggest that nothing was going on . |
| 4 | But after a week of total failure to concentrate for more than a minute he had to acknowledge to himself that nothing was going right . |
| 5 | Persuading her that nothing was going on could turn out to be a Herculean task . |
| 6 | James asked , contributing to the elaborate pretence that everyone was thinking about the Redburns , not Abbotsfield . |
| 7 | Rostov turned round and saw that everyone was bowing except Alexei . |
| 8 | The fact that everyone was waving tiny American flags made this spectacle of labour all the more bizarre . |
| 9 | Despite the received view that everyone was watching films like The Battleship Potemkin , Lenin 's vision began to be realised only at the end of the 1920's . |
| 10 | Carolyn noticed that everyone was watching Bryony , and Bryony smiled and threaded the ear-rings through the holes in her ears , and they must all have a look and comment . |
| 11 | They stood swearing at each other , both aware that everyone was watching . |
| 12 | Every time he removed his glasses to wipe the rain off them he could see that everyone was taking advantage of his short-sightedness to stare at him and grin and point . |
| 13 | Having told me that everyone was advising him to record it , I told him to go ahead and do it , but not with me . |
| 14 | I looked around , and it seemed that everyone was looking at Kezia . |
| 15 | The first two figures revealed that everyone was looking to the farm to be financially viable . |
| 16 | She was lost in thought , and did not seem to notice that everyone was looking at her . |
| 17 | He was aware that everyone was looking at him , and it was clear what they were thinking . |
| 18 | A graphics display screen could be used to switch rapidly from one map to another ; this would have the advantage of economy ( in that costly high-quality paper maps would not be needed by each participant ) and would be one way of ensuring that everyone was looking at the right map at any particular time . |
| 19 | Blake felt that everyone was looking at him . |
| 20 | But she admits there was room for rationalization in other areas ; ‘ at first clothes were never costed properly ; in fact we may have been underpricing ’ , she explained , ‘ but for Laura the most important thing was that everyone was working happily together ’ . |
| 21 | Snapping open her eyes , she realized that everyone was staring at her , everyone was talking about her , everyone knew that she was about to — |
| 22 | Clamping her mouth shut , she stormed after him , suddenly furious that everyone was treating her like a child . |
| 23 | I howled even more when I saw that everyone was laughing at me , Andreas , my mother , various passers by . |
| 24 | At least it was the same for all traffic and Adam was soon convinced that no-one was following him . |
| 25 | ‘ I see , ’ he said when he learned that I was meeting Edward . |
| 26 | Max had heard from his office that I was seeking to speak to him and his friendly response was to telephone me himself . |
| 27 | The point that I was seeking to make a moment ago — I reiterate it now — is that I think that it is to the advantage of everyone in Northern Ireland for the politicians of Northern Ireland , of all shades of opinion , to come together , to talk and to express their mutual wish for peace in Northern Ireland . |
| 28 | I would make it clear that I was seeking to build upon a solid platform of achievement — whether true or not — with gradual developments that can be understood and accepted from the outset . |
| 29 | My Lords , I , I do realise and I have to be satisfied with that erm and I shall do my best , but if I could just make my absolutely clear , simple proposition that I was seeking to perform is that if you are seeking to amend the law i i it ought to be possible for those who are seeking to understand the Government 's intentions to find out relatively easily what the law is and I suggest it 's very far from easy and even if you get to it , it 's not at all easy to understand . |
| 30 | That is the two hundred million that I was referring to er , earlier , was n't in place at the time that we made our write there . |