Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Copa Bitoo had moved away from a subsistence economy , but was producing fruit and nuts for the local market , not for export . |
| 2 | And all the time Nisodemus was reminding people how much better it had been in the Store . |
| 3 | Halliwell was cooking haddock at the time . |
| 4 | And I was cooking fish and chips when the siren went , and I had to turn the gas off and now they 're ruined , and I do n't know what else we 're going to have for supper … |
| 5 | He was gathering data for a book about world metro systems , a task on which he had been engaged for years . |
| 6 | She said council was helping people by providing mortgages to those who would not normally qualify . |
| 7 | Cherry Vanilla was doing nothing — she was eating fruit and breaking out all the time as a result , Jane was doing nothing too — she 'd started a group called Queen Elizabeth which played little , low-life funky bars on the Lower Eastside , Tony Zanetta was working coding , which is a very ignominious job that out-of-work actors do in New York , and I was working at 16 Magazine as a tea boy . |
| 8 | The price per ounce dipped below $360 in the summer , but has recently climbed above $400 and last night was nudging $410 . |
| 9 | He had n't seen copper trying to get him caught up , I wonder how much he was using mirror when he was overtaking people ? |
| 10 | It was urging people to join a group trying ‘ to prevent our countryside from being turned into a bloodbath for the amusement of the cruel and the wicked ’ . |
| 11 | On Sept. 14 it was reported that Pakistan was seeking $500 million from several Western governments to help offset the $1,000 million in additional costs caused by the loss of remittances from Pakistani workers in Kuwait and Iraq and by a rising oil bill . |
| 12 | The radiography profession , for example , was seeking people who displayed tact and empathy ( College of Radiographers , 1985 ) and the audiology technician was required to have ‘ a sympathetic and understanding personality ’ ( British Society of Audiology , n.d . ) . |
| 13 | A sailor nearby — he was pushing people into the hold as if he was packing meat — called out to her . |
| 14 | Joe was scattering people like a runaway truck . |
| 15 | While the logistics and finances for the ‘ Brothers In Arms ’ haul seemed horrendous way back in ‘ 86 — the tour was costing £25,000 a day — those statistics have been quite literally dwarfed by ‘ On Every Street ’ . |
| 16 | Well , cos it was in town , it was nearer to shops , and erm I 'd heard that keeping Balloon Woods ' flats warm was costing people a hell of a lot of money . |
| 17 | Current overdraft stood at £750,000 , and was often at ceiling level : at base rate plus 2% it was costing £105,000pa |
| 18 | Somewhere in the middle of the fifteenth century , legend has it that a little girl was tending sheep here when a young lady came to play with her . |
| 19 | One of his doctors estimated that each day in intensive care was adding $1,000 to his medical bill . |
| 20 | He was investigating means of leaving Iraq . |
| 21 | Some subordinate foresters appointed by the king were paid wages : in 1228 Hubert de Burgh , as warden of Windsor Forest , was paying 6d. a day to Osbert and Robert , King 's serjeants , for keeping the forest of Odiham , and in 1233 2d. a day to each of six serjeants on foot for keeping the forest of Windsor by the king 's command . |
| 22 | At that time it was paying £3 per fathom but the vein did not prove to be worth following very far . |
| 23 | France was to struggle badly and by 1954 , the US was paying 80% of France 's costs for the conflict in order to keep the French in there , knowing that France would withdraw its colonials if things got tricky , leaving an administrative void . |
| 24 | Everett , who had been ordered to take a rest at 98 trips , was testing aircraft at the Group Maintenance Unit when he heard that there was a spare aircraft going a-begging at his old squadron . |
| 25 | On the same day the UN World Food Programme announced that it was granting $1,900,000 in emergency supplies to Bangladesh . |
| 26 | A priest warned mourners the orgy of death currently sweeping Northern Ireland was leading people into an abyss of darkness and emptiness. — PA |
| 27 | Sausalito , California-based design automation specialist Autodesk Inc , which has its UK base in Guildford , Surrey , has entered the home computer market with the launch of a new range of computer-aided design modules for Do-it-Yourself enthusiasts , interior and exterior designers as well as small business home renovation contractors : ‘ The Home Series ’ comprises four modules — one for designing landscapes , one for bathrooms , one for kitchens , and one for general home improvements ; the software was released in the US 18 months ago , and into Australia and the Benelux countries between six and nine months ago , but is now available in the UK via Solihull , West Midlands-based distributor , Force 2 International Ltd , at £60 per module including value-added tax ; the decision to release into the UK was taken after research from Banner & Co indicated that the UK home computer market was growing 25% per year , and a study by market research company , Jordans , indicated that the UK DIY market was growing at an average 3% ; according to marketing communications manager Karen Hiscock , ‘ the time was right ’ because people now want to do more with their personal computers than just play games or use the things as word processors . |
| 28 | By the time I got to Python I was getting £240 a week . |
| 29 | Everything had gone brilliantly , we had 30,000 people there , the show was making loadsamoney and everybody was in a good mood , especially Joe Bugner who was getting £250,000 quid . |
| 30 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |