Example sentences of "girl were [v-ing] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harold and the girl were dancing ahead or , rather , pursuing each other at a ritual pace round and round a flat white sacrificial stone . |
| 2 | ‘ Office girls were screaming uncontrollably and walking about in a daze with blood pouring from them , ’ said witness Helen Millican . |
| 3 | The girls were screaming back as the train pulled out and we got away from Khabarovsk without being arrested . |
| 4 | A few girls were dancing together as they did at the youth club hops and the dancing was of the proper ‘ ballroom variety ’ — waltzes , quicksteps and foxtrots . |
| 5 | Other boys and girls were flitting hither and thither among the trees , singly , without a word or a sign of communication with one another . |