Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The golden eagles were sheltering , the buzzard was tucked away out of sight , and the fish eagle was pecking in a half-hearted way at his food on the floor of the shelter . |
| 2 | I know that the Arts Centre , which I was very much involved with in erm Berkshire in Southfield Park , it , too , was situated slightly out of the centre of the town , with large ground area around it and it was a problem trying to work out how to capitalize on that considerable asset . |
| 3 | She heard him call after her and got into one of the swing boats with a pale , freckled little boy who was hanging nervously on to the rope while his plain , doting parents stood beside the boat , saying encouragingly , ‘ Go on , Sidney , it 'll be such fun . ’ |
| 4 | The glass was placed gently back on the counter in front of Newman . |
| 5 | Instead she was gazing sombrely out of the window of a smart Mercedes taxi as it left behind the flat landscaped suburbs of the island of Amager , crossing the bridge to the main island of Zealand and the approach to the city of Copenhagen . |
| 6 | Mike Sadler was flown straight back to the Eighth Army and assigned the task of navigating the New Zealand Division around the south of the Mareth line , while Cooper was able to enjoy the pleasures of Constantine with an old friend , Reg Seekings , who had made his way through after the B Squadron attacks on the road . |
| 7 | This waistcoat had flap-pockets and reached down almost to the knees : it was fastened right up to the neck with horse-shoe buttons , leaving just enough space for the red-spotted muffler or wrapper to be seen underneath . |
| 8 | It was fastened tightly on to the right horn , so it dangled down over the cheek and eye . |
| 9 | If dysphagia recurred after adequate initial dilatation , the stricture was dilated again up to 15 mm . |
| 10 | A few minutes later , Sir Thomas was walking slowly back to the Imperial Hotel in advance of the main party . |
| 11 | He was walking purposefully through into the garden , a huge lawn with an abundance of mimosa and roses , and untamed greenery bordering the edges . |
| 12 | Suddenly she was catapulted violently back to consciousness by rough hands on her shoulder , shaking her into unwilling life . |
| 13 | Ten runs later Miandad was caught low down by bowler Lewis . |
| 14 | Whelan was felled early on by Ball who should have walked then , and who did similar to McAllister in the second half . |
| 15 | Heathrow was very busy as usual but it helped not having our luggage to carry as it was booked right through to our final destination . |
| 16 | My sister 's dead body was carried slowly out of the house and through the village , followed by all of us . |
| 17 | Brian Lara was dropped low down at first slip by Wessels off his first ball from Snell , and Keith Arthurton , in his first Test for three years , survived two slip catches off no-balls and another actual chance in his top score of 59 , filled with 10 exciting on-side boundaries . |
| 18 | In the end , the proposal was dropped more out of fear of ‘ Joe Six-Pack ’ , and the awful electoral revenge he might take . |
| 19 | Once again there seemed to be no one around the Prince and Princess with the foresight to see that the situation was becoming seriously out of control . |
| 20 | Screaming , Duvall was sucked backwards out of the window in a cloud of broken glass and was instantly gone . |
| 21 | So I told Boris to forget it , broke the news to Hilda and to the ambassador and was transferred instantly back to London . |
| 22 | Gastric acid was collected continuously on to ice and the acid output during each 15 minute period was measured by titration to pH 7 with 0.1M NaOH . |
| 23 | The Cell was jerked rudely back into life with a massive charge of electricity . |
| 24 | And suddenly , as an uproar began in her , Azor was forgotten , and she jerked to stand upright , and found she was looking straight up into a pair of dark smouldering eyes . |
| 25 | Sally was looking thoughtfully out of the hotel window and at the steady procession of passersby , a good proportion of whom were visitors , to judge by the number of cameras to be seen . |
| 26 | The royal bride was looking gracefully down into dark water : the caption said : where brook and river meet . |
| 27 | Something moved in Ruth , answering his words independently of her will ; suddenly she was looking sharply up into his face . |
| 28 | Donald was looking foolishly down at his plate . |
| 29 | For a moment , she was looking directly out of the picture . |
| 30 | Fiver was looking far out beyond the edge of the common . |