Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once they were concreting the pipe tunnel as they called it . |
| 2 | In front of the television cameras which were transmitting the game live , the two hookers , Bègles ' Moscato and Mallaret of Montferrand , tried to strangle each other . |
| 3 | ‘ I left Rhydoldog for ever ’ , Laura was to write later , ‘ on an early April day when the wild daffodils were smothering the banks of the old water garden and thousands more nodded to me all the way down the lovely driveway to say farewell . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Eric built up a wonderful relationship with the fans and we 'll never forget him telling us that he loved us when the team were parading the League trophy . ’ |
| 5 | And then , a few days later there was a similar story from another part of London : ‘ A gang of roughs , who were parading the roadway , shouting obscene language , playing mouth organs , and pushing respectable people down . |
| 6 | Friends were manning the telephone at the Manns ' home last night . |
| 7 | To accomplish his Labours and Deeds , Hercules was obliged to travel to far-off places to destroy ferocious creatures which were ravaging the countryside and creating terror among the inhabitants , such as the Lernaean Hydra and the sea monster , to which a Trojan damsel had to be annually supplied . |
| 8 | We continued on to Musselwick Sands , where bathers were enjoying the beach . |
| 9 | Harlequin ducks were enjoying the rapids and sun , toing and froing , preening and looking most elegant , and I was enjoying myself , crawling commando-style at the water 's edge , despite the odd passer-by 's curious gaze . |
| 10 | Or did you not bother with the slap because you were enjoying the tickling so much ? ’ |
| 11 | In the schools , French became a compulsory language at the very moment when Arab nationalists were enjoying the linguistic triumph of Arabic over the Turkish of the now broken Ottoman Empire , a victory which had important political implications for the concept of Arab unity . |
| 12 | However most walkers were enjoying the view of me with a glove covered in steaming soup and a face streaming with tears . |
| 13 | So peaceful had the volcano been , in fact , that its fertile soils were extensively cultivated , vineyards flourished on favoured sunny slopes , and the people living on and around the volcano were enjoying the prosperity and security of the Roman empire at its height . |
| 14 | The bar room was warm and inviting as always , and just enough people to be comfortable were enjoying the cosy environment . |
| 15 | In September 1939 the Congress politicians who were enjoying the fruits of office abruptly discovered the limits of their power . |
| 16 | With the ‘ lure ’ , a dummy prey swung around on a cord , it was particularly obvious that the birds were enjoying the game with her , rising to the challenge and the chance to show their prowess . |
| 17 | Dozens of guests were enjoying the party in the nurses ' common-room at the Princess Alexandra Hospital , Harlow , Essex , when several gatecrashers burst in . |
| 18 | When better-off Britons were enjoying the tax cuts of the 1980s , they could cope with such hefty increases . |
| 19 | In spite of inflation , Americans were enjoying the beginnings of a very real and lasting period of prosperity . |
| 20 | She grinned back ; both were enjoying the picture . |
| 21 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |
| 22 | And tonight we were defying the midges on a remaining fragment of the once extensive heathland . |
| 23 | Miss Poraway told the men who were unloading the trestle-tables that she would require a good one , because she ran the book-stall and always had . |
| 24 | The garden wall and the towering backs of the High Street tenements were catching the sun . |
| 25 | Today my brother and I were catching the 7.00 am aeroplane from Newcastle to Corfu . |
| 26 | Yet from Justin onwards , they were seeing the destinies of the empire mysteriously bound up with God 's purposes being worked out through his church . |
| 27 | It had been a hard year , the public felt Lauda had been ill done by , and everyone felt that they were seeing the apotheosis of one of the great drivers and the first signs of greatness in his natural successor , Alain Prost . |
| 28 | The planetary governor , Lord Voronov-Vaux , and his entourage were seeing the victorious Harq Obispal off with a fanfare . |
| 29 | There was the brief glory of the 1820s , when Greece was the first part of south-eastern Europe to break free from the Turks , and high-minded liberals all over Europe thought they were seeing the rebirth of Periclean Athens . |
| 30 | He felt he knew very little about her present feelings , which were so malign toward him and unmapped that it was as if he were seeing the back side of the moon . |