Example sentences of "were [adj] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were all looking round the screen saying they had not seen the bum of anyone famous before , ’ he recalls . |
| 2 | And they were all haemorrhaging at the back . |
| 3 | When we did The Taming of the Shrew , every time Petruchio yelled — and he had a fine voice — all the peacocks answered , and on the opening night I could feel my neighbour shaking with laughter because the peacocks were all jostling for the best places to roost in the trees . |
| 4 | It was confirmed this week that Ulster stars David Humphreys , Gary Longwell and Innes Gray were all staying with the students next season , with Humphreys as captain . |
| 5 | They all came from similar backgrounds and , as like minds , they were all congregating at the same place for the same reasons . |
| 6 | Local enterprise agencies , the West Belfast Enterprise Board , LEDU and IDB , were all participating in the creation of an infrastructure to attract firms to the area , but no organisation was working with and for the adult community in West Belfast . |
| 7 | And I remember hearing a story , er erm it was just they 'd got an old farmer he had a field of hay , just ready to cart and just as they were getting the horses , it came down to rain and they were all sheltering in the barn , and the said , More rain , more rest . |
| 8 | Furthermore , they were all writing in the aftermath of Darwin , and had learned from him two important things . |
| 9 | She did this by lining up the nuclei of radioactive atoms in a magnetic field , so that they were all spinning in the same direction , and showed that the electrons were given off more in one direction than another . |
| 10 | I did n't know what to say , and they said , well where were you , well er , I said we were all standing on the balcony and we , we did n't hear you , erm , it was ab I mean looking back now , it 's funny , but it was ludicrous at the time . |
| 11 | Foxy was saying how they were all standing on the balcony saying that she really ought n't to wear those shorts cos she 's got such thunder thighs . |
| 12 | They were separate , there was space between them , but , like flowers in a vase , they were all standing in the same water . |
| 13 | The twins , George , their mothers , Lucy and her mother and Tom were all standing in the front room singing , while Sammy sat in the middle and howled . |
| 14 | They were all standing in the near dark . |
| 15 | Oh Sunday it was really bad cos he had these people turn up for lunch and erm , said it 's Sam arranged to come and collect him quarter to six and then we went up to Fore Gate for lunch and then we came back here and had erm we were all standing in the kitchen here , knock on the door , a walked in , I 'd completely forgotten about it |
| 16 | Millie 's new mistress paused as if uncertain what to do next ; then turning quickly about , she led them from the kitchen into the hall and to the open front door again , and looked to where her children were all standing round the pony and cart . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's when both parties are and the Ball at Hurlingham — and when we were all going to the Muckrakers Club for a really good evening . |
| 18 | were all going to the R S P C A. |
| 19 | I was hitting them on the head and they were all falling on the floor . |
| 20 | They were all walking along the lane that led to Ferngrove Park , where they held their Pack Meetings . |
| 21 | He was saying , ‘ Now we 'll go over to the bees , ’ and he went over and they were all lying at the bottom . |
| 22 | So one day , very hot and insecty , with a faint breeze coming in off the sea , we were all lying in the grass on the flat area just to the south of the house . |
| 23 | They were all playing by the same rules . |
| 24 | ‘ One moment we were all sitting outside the Art School discussing the latest models , and the next moment the boy had wandered off by himself . |
| 25 | They were all sitting on the stone terrace at the back of the house when she opened the garden gate and started up the path . |
| 26 | One night they were all sitting round the same as usual , in the kitchen this time , Pete and Tommy and a friend of Tommy 's , they were sitting round drinking the whisky Tommy 's friend had brought over when they heard footsteps in the yard . |
| 27 | Prompt at four o'clock , Dr Neil , complainingly dressed in his best suit at Matey 's request — ‘ Do I have to ? ’ he had said , rolling his eyes at McAllister — Matey in a bottle-green velvet gown which McAllister had not seen before , McAllister in her best sateen skirt , white blouse , and small lacy cap with streamers , were all sitting in the parlour when the doorbell rang . |
| 28 | We were all sitting in the great taproom . |
| 29 | So we were all sitting in the living room . |
| 30 | The authors put the materials together while they were all working at the University of Strathclyde , primarily on the Programme in Literary Linguistics . |