Example sentences of "[noun] was [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie was wading up to the path through waist-high reeds : ‘ Look at the state of my clothes ! ’ |
| 2 | A former 3rd Farnham scout was heading off with the Falklands-bound Navy task force as one of the mechanics servicing the Harrier jump-jets aboard HMS Hermes . |
| 3 | Posi then told me that a comm-call was coming in from the Famlio ship , but I told her to ignore it . |
| 4 | Morse was conscious that his mind was drifting off into an interesting avenue of thought , but also that he was drifting off to sleep , as well . |
| 5 | It was as if his mind was digging down through the years and bringing up pictures of past events … |
| 6 | Back at Club Eleusis , Jahsaxa Penumbra was tripping out like the bad queen in a fairy-tale cartoon , the only omission being the thunderclouds and lightning round her head . |
| 7 | Morrison , whose girlfriend was travelling out for the Hong Kong tournament , reckoned that he sustained the injury when he turned quickly during Scotland 's opening tie against Australian Capital Territory in Canberra last week . |
| 8 | The Provos , he claimed , had reserves of munitions and were determined to keep going , even though a debate of sorts was going on within the Republican movement . |
| 9 | Following the other girl 's fixed gaze , Anita noticed that a large black chauffeur-driven limousine was drawing up to the edge of the road . |
| 10 | The engine of the big mechanical monster was ticking over with the deep throb of impatient , reined-in horsepower . |
| 11 | Mrs Wright was sitting down on the bank , the gun across her knees . |
| 12 | And at the same time , Lilian was coming up to the second stage . |
| 13 | From there I looked back to see Xanthe begin to talk to Mrs Young , at first slowly , with brakes on , and then faster and faster , until all the unhappiness was pouring out like a flood . |
| 14 | The boat was mooring up on the River Severn when it rolled over , trapping two of them underwater . |
| 15 | Labour was moving on as a renewed party — ‘ a party that cares as much about consumers as it cares about producers ; a party that wants to make the economy work as much as it wants to change the economy ; a party that embraces as much of the green as it does of the red ’ . |
| 16 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 17 | But light was spilling in through the seams of the door at the far end of the room ; crimson , glowing light from whatever lay on the other side . |
| 18 | Limp orange light was leaking in around the edges of a grey blind . |
| 19 | A soft light was flooding in through the tower windows . |
| 20 | A little grey light was coming in through the window . |
| 21 | The quay was deserted ; soon the Black Pig was floating out on the falling tide , and for once as they hoisted the mainsail the crew were well pleased to be going back to sea . |
| 22 | The lights went down further , and I guessed Kruger was working up to the big climax , whatever that was . |
| 23 | Ellen was hurrying out of the solar . |
| 24 | The blade was going in to its hilt , in , and in again , and the blood was spreading out over the priest 's hairless chest . |
| 25 | The blood was oozing out from the tip of his boot and his face had turned the usual grey colour of the soldier who had been wounded . |
| 26 | She slept unexpectedly soundly , and when she next opened her eyes , daylight was filtering in through the rather grimy window . |
| 27 | Held at the delightfully seedy SW1 Club in Victoria , much of the action was going on in the partitioned-off VIP enclosure . |
| 28 | A tricky wind was blowing on to the anchorage and what with snakes and the prospect of getting wet I lay off for lunch . |
| 29 | A brisk wind was blowing up from the Tail of the Bank . |
| 30 | It was growing dark and a sharp wind was coming in off the Mediterranean , blowing up the dust around the house . |