Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I was struggling down the yard with the fully laden bucket a few minutes later a neighbour , Mrs Woods , saw me . |
| 2 | Uncle Albert was struggling down the garden path carrying a heavy shopping bag . |
| 3 | The task of the Conservatives was to kill off the Liberals as a credible third alternative and then project the Conservative Party as offering a dynamic alternative to socialism . |
| 4 | And he had seemed almost to be currying favour when he was tumbling out the story of his family 's lost lease , trying to get Cameron to agree that the lairds were done for now . |
| 5 | De Alwis , Dr Netasinghe , head of the veterinary team , and the park rangers and trackers had another trump card in the person of the man who was to carry out the darting . |
| 6 | Its most important innovations were the provision of an annual conference of delegates , elected by the membership , and a rule that the executive committee , similarly elected , " was to carry out the business of the BDDA in accordance with the decisions of the delegates " conference " . |
| 7 | True it was that the plaintiff did not undertake to do any work additional to that which he had originally undertaken to do but the terms on which he was to carry out the work were varied and , in my judgment , that variation was supported by consideration which a pragmatic approach to the true relationship between the parties readily demonstrates . |
| 8 | Well we did take some er legal advice on it and we were told that it was not illegal , erm I mean we think it 's highly immoral erm , but we were told it was not illegal , because they did not actually use the er the redundancy money did not come out of the fund , only this enhanced pension etcetera which was using up the , the surplus and we were told |
| 9 | He was bellowing down the line like a demented station announcer . |
| 10 | A man used to hand it back in when the bus ran in and it was given out the next day . |
| 11 | They were then made a sign in the store , and if the job came up again , all you did was to go down the store , and it was a one-off exercise , instead of travelling back and forwards to get a particular tool , erm er that was all eliminated . |
| 12 | This identity of message was recognized down the line , and had the effect that one would have expected . |
| 13 | A monster 's mum was hanging up the washing in the garden when she suddenly yelled at him : |
| 14 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 15 | Used to the my whole down there than it was hanging up the , really I mean |
| 16 | It was an effort to reach up for my dressing-gown which was hanging on the back of the door and I felt bitter against Richard because he did n't see that I was ill and come to help me . |
| 17 | Burton describes being ‘ between the two men I most feared ’ but nevertheless , and with all that was hanging on the part , he went back for more . |
| 18 | He walked as far as the cart , took a packet of cigarettes from his jacket that was hanging on the tailgate and stood , sullenly smoking . |
| 19 | It was hanging on the wall , and when he applied it to the p'tar 's rump the beast screamed once , as if outraged , and then it trotted sedately out of the stall and allowed itself to be backed between the shafts of the cart . |
| 20 | It was hanging on the wall in the sitting-room but she had n't seen it the night before . |
| 21 | Like to catch something that was hanging on the tree , no one would catch it and hang there . |
| 22 | You know , this man who was hanging on the cross beside Jesus he had not been christened , he had n't been dedicated , he had never been to a confirmation class in his life , he had never been baptized , he had never been received into church membership he had never even gathered around the Lord 's table ! |
| 23 | As it was right across the road from college everyone was hanging out the window to see what was happening . |
| 24 | It was a warm , sunny day and she was playing in the garden while her mother was hanging out the washing . |
| 25 | And they was hanging out the bottom , hanging out with their guns hanging over the edges . |
| 26 | She was hanging about the waterfront when she heard steps behind her . |
| 27 | Mr Ashwell said : ‘ The strategy was to wait out the recession , working short-time as necessary , in order to avoid major closures or redundancies . |
| 28 | You see the tractor driving it , there 's the load , this was gathering up the hay as it went along and it tipped it over and we had to make the loads you see . |
| 29 | Sure enough , the battered little red Mini was speeding down the service road , following the same route the ambulance had taken . |
| 30 | Folkestone was a pocket borough of the Rothschilds , Southend was falling under the control of the Guinness family , Plymouth was learning to love the Astors , and Samuel Roberts was building up the influence in Sheffield that was to provide a seat for his family until 1966 . |