Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small stones , sticking to the rim , became dislodged and at one point were tumbling down the curve as quickly as the wheel was rising , giving the appearance of effervescence . |
| 2 | It is believed that the great bluestones of which Stonehenge is constructed were floated up the Wiltshire Avon . |
| 3 | By the end of this period the political groupings which were to carry out the great changes of the next century in Britain , though very far from having assumed their late-Victorian form , were slowly evolving . |
| 4 | I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire . |
| 5 | Some were hanging on the brambles and a few flat , wet clots were lying well out in open ground beyond the clump . |
| 6 | As tasks were broken down the office became like a production line for mental work . |
| 7 | Oh he was on the river he he was always connected with the river my father and in the First World War they towed the dredger from here to Ramsgate and er he was , he was in the Army but he was connected to the Inland Water Transport and cos they were dredging out the harbour at Ramsgate . |
| 8 | and his trusty assistant , Detective Sergeant William Bird , were speeding up the same road . |
| 9 | Harris , his coachman , was up on the driving box , while Lord John 's groom and valet were bringing on the saddle horses behind . |
| 10 | Propelled forward by the shrieking aunts , who were bringing up the rear , they stumbled in , falling over the pots and pans and bumping into the dangling kettles , dropping their sacks and shouting and generally making the most satisfactory uproar imaginable . |
| 11 | She has been a couple of times but er when we were bringing up the family course she could n't reasonably go with me every week and er , but she had used to be er a good supporter when she was a girl , she used to go with her father in those days my son 's been with me , cos I took him las well he took me last night with his wife I went in their car . |
| 12 | Erm I was n't , I did n't know what you were trying to get at when you were bringing up the miles per annum that he was doing , I can understand the flying side of it but driving in the car , yes you need to know that he 's doing a lot of miles and that there 's , you know , the there 's the potential danger and everything there but I did n't understand why you need his specific miles per annum . |
| 13 | The three rabbits were returning down the bank of the stream and had not yet seen Hazel and the others . |
| 14 | They were driving up the Harrow Road and had just passed the complex of St Mary 's Hospital when the campanile of St Matthew 's came suddenly into view on their left . |
| 15 | They were driving down the Boulevard St Germain towards the river ; the Seine 's fast-flowing current , parted hard against the piers of the bridges , seemed to Miranda 's eyes to capture the pace and temperament of this city where she felt so happy , where she wanted to stay . |
| 16 | These were to find out the views of parents and staff about all aspects of nursery life at the outset and from this to prioritise agreed areas for development to form an action plan . |
| 17 | Little did we know that G P T did n't actually write the software properly , and what was happening was that people writing new numbers in were knocking out the old numbers , alright ? |
| 18 | If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray . |
| 19 | The burdens were carried on the back , the weight being supported by a tump-line across the forehead . |
| 20 | Survey ships were carried on the Navy List , but Navy personnel remained aboard on sufferance only . |
| 21 | Passengers had perforce to ride , and goods were carried on the backs of packhorses or mules . |
| 22 | In the New World , there was movement of crops between Mexico and coastal Peru by 1000BC and , a few hundred years later , the people of southern Arabia were trading down the coast of East Africa . |
| 23 | The intentions behind the important reforms of 1988 were to tighten up the social security system in order to reduce the disincentives to work recognized as inherent in the poverty and unemployment ‘ traps ’ ( see Tables 16.7 and 16 . |
| 24 | ‘ Suppose you suddenly had that feeling — tawdry — while you were walking up the aisle with George Beador . |
| 25 | As they were walking down the paved way to the Union building , Reynolds asked , ‘ How 's Michael , these days ? ’ |
| 26 | One evening in mid-April , Dr Jaffery and I were walking down the Chandni Chowk heading towards the doctor 's rooms in the Ghazi-ud-Din Medresse . |
| 27 | Mother and daughter were walking down the room together . |
| 28 | she said it was very lonely at night when you were walking down the corridors . |
| 29 | One , like any new band we were checking out the opposition . |
| 30 | This afternoon security men were wiring up the holes caused when a hedge bordering the planned clinic was set alight . |