Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But superimposed on this background were brief ‘ bursts ’ of high-frequency activity , in which whole ensembles of cells were firing in some sort of rhythmic synchrony ( Figure 10.10 ) . |
| 2 | For the next hour the fairground gradually filled with people , mainly families with young children or teenagers who had become bored with their tour round the factory and were looking for some excitement . |
| 3 | Yeah and then we were looking for some carpeting were n't we ? |
| 4 | Our exhibition filled two floors in a dilapidated warehouse in which squatters , mainly British , were living in some squalor ; the other exhibitions were in houses , old shops , small factory spaces , offices and warehouses . |
| 5 | But the miners ' strike did not only reveal that èlite groups of police officers were operating to some extent under national co-ordination and control . |
| 6 | Though he 'd never used it , the Bowl was reputedly the most accurate prophetic tool known in the worlds , and now — sitting amid his treasures , with a sense growing in him that events on Earth in the last few days were leading to some matter of moment — he brought the Bowl down from its place on the highest shelf , unwrapped it , and set it on the table . |
| 7 | Simon had n't inherited yet ; the house was entailed of course and as there was no direct male heir ( my being what I am ) it looked as if it were going to some cousin overseas , only later it became known that Mary had had a posthumous son : he 's still a minor — here 's another member of my family whom I have n't met , I seem to have an assortment . |
| 8 | If men were beginning to abandon their fear of hell , they were clinging with some tenacity to their hopes of heaven , as we shall see in chapter nine . |
| 9 | Two days before it , however , when we were running through some back moves , my back seemed to lock out and I could n't move freely at all . |
| 10 | Beneath it , two geese were pecking at some grain . |
| 11 | We did n't expect it to last as long as it has , and were hoping for some relief by the end of the year . |
| 12 | While anxiously awaiting the first sighting report of the wanted man , they were watching with some satisfaction the handcuffed members of the Prophet 's entourage being bundled none too gently into the waiting paddy wagons by grim-faced uniformed cops . |