Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [pron] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman barred her way because a service was ending and there was an aggressive demand for a donation on entrance instead of , in the British tradition , a polite request before leaving . |
| 2 | Du Guesclin was reorganising the French armies , our old king was doddering and there was no need for English swords in France , so we sailed for Outremer . |
| 3 | Mrs Beckett , MP for Derby South , added : ‘ I was just surprised by what was happening and there was a bit of a scuffle . |
| 4 | Do n't know , it does n't seem to be doing anything and what the was that during the week when was in residence one night the dogs barked and he went out to see what was happening and there was a young man who worked in it this was in the pitch dark , was up there taking some of his stuff away . |
| 5 | This method is called density slicing and it was the technique used in the generation of the colour image shown on the front cover of this book . |
| 6 | The tears were receding and there was a hardness in her eyes . |
| 7 | The offers were made to the County Council who normally consulted the schoolmaster before accepting and he was a very important factor in their success . |
| 8 | In some of the more elaborate biplanes it was not always easy to tell which way the loads were going and it was a stock joke at one time that the way to check the rigging of a certain aircraft was to put a canary between the wings ; if it got out something was wrong . |
| 9 | Around its base , palm-trees were growing and there were a few houses built of clay . |
| 10 | Complications were growing and she was no further forward with her task . |
| 11 | I come round twitching and there was a face looking down at me . |
| 12 | So this car that was trying to get out was sitting there waiting and there was no driver in sight and people were rushing about all over the station trying to find the driver . |
| 13 | There was a good deal of air ahead of him — he could feel it moving and there was a considerable space above his head . |
| 14 | Negotiations with Koresh were continuing and there was no plan to try to storm the compound again , the FBI man said . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I found cycling a pleasure when the sun was shining and there was no wind . |
| 16 | The sun was shining and there was an east wind blowing which set the clouds tumbling and their shadows rushing across the shallow hills and the craggy outcroppings . |
| 17 | A strong wind was now blowing and there was a loud crack of thunder . |
| 18 | His health was failing and there was a subscription for his return to England . |
| 19 | Fellers come running , bobbies come running and it was a right old dust-up . |
| 20 | I actually went back upstairs and because , I mean although , I mean I was dancing and it was a late night , I had n't been drinking so , you know , although I was , I was tired , you know I had n't been drinking and erm so I actually felt erm wide awake |
| 21 | But then you got three or four hundred a day coming and it was a little over-crowded . |
| 22 | Rain was threatening and there was a distant roll of thunder . |
| 23 | Now , the shore was fading and there was no going back . |
| 24 | The doctors had given me strict orders to keep warm while I was recuperating and there was no heating at all in the house , ’ said Mrs Easby . |
| 25 | At the turn of the century , Russian society was changing and it was the challenge of the autocracy to absorb these changes or push increasingly alienated social groups further into political and social isolation . |
| 26 | The year 1989 was a watershed , since the professional climate was changing and there was a clear public expectation that the Institute should adopt a higher profile in dealing with technical matters , especially those involving public interest cases . |
| 27 | The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book and the entry indicates village life was thriving and there was a population of at least 250 . |
| 28 | Champion , who was known for his chipping and putting and who was a noted teacher of the game . |