Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] were [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while retailers are optimistic , at the motor show in London this morning , Britain 's car makers were still expressing concern about industries prospects . |
| 2 | In Haworth Shed restoration projects were dearly making progress , especially 80002 the Standard class 4MT 264 tank while , at the other extreme 43924 the sole surviving Midland Railway 4F 260 was silently waiting her turn for overhaul . |
| 3 | Duncan Orr Ewing , an RSPB officer , recently said egg thieves were now using climbing spikes to rob nests in high trees . |
| 4 | Out in the kitchen preparations were already taking place in readiness for the lunch-time trade . |
| 5 | The north Belfast councillor said Sinn Fein portrayed themselves as defending the council 's leisure and community services but their IRA associates were actually taking money away those services . |
| 6 | A total of 18 former Noricum employees were already awaiting trial in Linz . |