Example sentences of "who were [v-ing] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Brown Engineering , the Crown Agent , Department of Trade and Industry officials et al , who were trying desperately and belatedly to hustle the Kuwaiti government-in-exile in Taif , picking over the bones left by their voracious American allies . |
| 2 | In fact , it was not until the German army invaded Holland on lo May 1940 , that any action was taken on behalf of the 26,000 non-Dutch Jews who were sheltering in and around Amsterdam . |
| 3 | And I un well as I understand it from , from , from the friends in Moscow their , their traditional industries are very archaic , they may have erm , the expertise in , in the armament section , but the other things , what they need is some of our engineers and we 've got a lot of engineers who were working overseas and at the moment are n't . |
| 4 | His eyes strayed to the rosy-cheeked children who were chattering happily and , to Meredith 's delight , he began to talk as if questioning his own feelings . |
| 5 | The import of the art of scrimshandering as a meditative pastime for the Imperial Fist chapter became more evident to Lexandro when , on a later occasion , he happened to pause near two Battle Brothers who were disputing courteously though passionately not far from the Librarium . |
| 6 | The police are now examining at total of thirty nine video tapes , from in-store security systems , and from members of the public who were filming in or near Milton Keynes shopping centre last week . |
| 7 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 8 | They were wedged in with the patient herd of people who were shuffling slowly and quietly up the stairs to the foyer , but Mark talked in a clear , excited voice , as if oblivious of their presence . |
| 9 | Lydia and Betty said so , and when Lydia went into the village shop it was full of people who were saying so as well . |