Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Edward came to Corfe from a hunt , and while his attendants were seeing to the dogs she allured him to her with female blandishment and made him lean forward . ’ |
| 2 | The French guns were firing at the flanks of the Prince 's position ; aiming at the farmhouses to east and west . |
| 3 | ‘ We said that if David was out , then we were all out and would n't play against Bournemouth because we were sticking with the players still owed money . |
| 4 | Betty went over and locked the door , and Lydia looked out of the window at the shadows that were gathering under the trees . |
| 5 | The Trunchbull was in such a rage that her face had taken on a boiled colour and little flecks of froth were gathering at the corners of her mouth . |
| 6 | It was seven P.M. ; already military police were sniffing around the clubs and bars of what Texans call ‘ occupied Mexico ’ . |
| 7 | Photons were colliding with the electrons of the atoms of the matter ; the recoil of each electron ‘ stole ’ a little energy from the relevant photon — just as the white ball in pool loses energy when it bounces off another ball , and therefore slows down . |
| 8 | A day later , we were struggling through the runnels and alleyways of that city . |
| 9 | Our stronger feelings were reserved for the unscrupulous organisers of this sordid trade in human cargoes who were profiting from the Asians ' misery . |
| 10 | ‘ It reminds me of my dear father one day at Sandwich , ’ she was saying , ‘ when we were picnicking on the sands and we had arranged to meet him at the nineteenth hole . |
| 11 | The pelts of five were hanging in the kitchens , drying out , the scant meat of the foxes gone into a stew — a special meal to celebrate . |
| 12 | In the Christian village of Kahhale , white flags were hanging from the windows . |
| 13 | But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them . |
| 14 | Another of her pet projects was Biddick Arts Centre ‘ an old farmhouse so derelict that rats were hanging from the rafters , ’ and the ponds . |
| 15 | Clothes , mostly small garments , were hanging from the rails that had been knocked in the partition . |
| 16 | The two girls had reached the stage where they were hanging round the boys necks and roaring with laughter at virtually every word they uttered . |
| 17 | Amid the rumble of the traffic , birds were singing in the trees of Bedford Square . |
| 18 | Then the dome was echoing with the last anthem : she was walking out into the September sunshine on João 's arm ; the crowds were cheering in the streets , gasping at the splendour of her dress and showering her with flowers and petals . |
| 19 | Smooth-talking Pat O'Rourke said companies were clamouring for the rights to screen the yarn , Lifeboys . |
| 20 | It was as if the energies within my brain and body were reacting to the energies within the crypt and a flowing , pulsing feeling of warmth came over me , somewhat similar to my feeling after a session of Reichian therapy . |
| 21 | It also shows that , when Russian enterprises reacted to the reforms by jacking up prices and withholding output , they were not doing so because they could not adapt to the bewildering change around them ; they were reacting to the incentives they faced , which said that goods were stores of value while money was not . |
| 22 | They were driving through the suburbs in the valley far below the ancient hill settlement forming the historic core of the city . |
| 23 | Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House . |
| 24 | While thousands of miles away her countrymen were revelling in the celebrations for Australia 's 200th anniversary , she enjoyed the historic sights of a country with a slightly richer heritage . |
| 25 | In at least two of the areas I visited the regional health authority and some of the first wave fundholders were wrangling over the savings accrued during the first year . |
| 26 | If you missed your k certain things , you were gaining by the visitors . |
| 27 | One day , while he and I were walking on the moors , he announced , ‘ Jane , I 'll be leaving in six weeks . ’ |
| 28 | Just before the clock struck five the next morning , Gabriel and Coggan were walking to the hayfields past their mistress 's house , when they saw a surprising sight . |
| 29 | With Mario , you felt that if you were walking through the wilds and a bear came bellowing from behind a tree , Mario would seize its paw , shake it vigorously and tell it a good story . |
| 30 | A few years ago , we were walking in the mountains to the south of Loch Tummel , heading for a tiny water called Loch a'Chait , a hard tramp uphill from Lick . |