Example sentences of "[noun] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bruce was in the hammock and Mr and Mrs van Meer were sitting side-by-side on the steps . |
| 2 | Readers were settling down to the novel 's opening instalment — not a venture to be recommended for ‘ people with weak nerves ’ remarked Strakhov , the gifted critic — when a murder story broke in the newspapers . |
| 3 | The national press and media were travelling on the plane with Mrs Thatcher , but the local photographers and journalists were going directly to the airport ahead of time . |
| 4 | The British staff at Culham were pointing out to the eminent scientists that they are paid less than their colleagues from fourteen other European countries working alongside them . |
| 5 | At the time when both troupes were staying together at the English Girls ' Club in Paris , although the Johns were convinced there was a rule that they should not mix , it never entered the others ' heads . |
| 6 | Buddleias were growing out of the gutters and doves watched her stone-still , looking like part of the masonry . |
| 7 | ‘ Some of the other kids were going down to the Ash Grove later , ’ she complained . |
| 8 | All the computers were cracking up on the factory floor this morning . ’ |
| 9 | Colombo radio reported on Oct. 17 that the LTTE had recently been admitting , at public meetings in its remaining Jaffna stronghold , that the organization was disintegrating , foreign funds were drying up after the recent military reverses , and Tamil youths were refusing to join its guerrillas . |
| 10 | But , after a glorious day 's exploring , by the time we turned for home the weather had become very wild , and as we approached the first barrier , waves were breaking fiercely over the road . |
| 11 | The few remaining tanks of the Chelonian assault force were moving rapidly over the rock towards them . |
| 12 | The year 1973 came close to repeating the triumphs of 1972 but , as usual in FI , other cars were catching up with the Lotus , though not in qualifying , for 1973 was the year in which Ronnie Peterson notched an astonishing nine pole positions and a place on the front row in twelve of the season 's fifteen races , as against one and five for Emerson , Peterson finishing a mere three points behind Fittipaldi . |
| 13 | There were still several boys , waiting for their lifts home , and a number of cars were pulling out of the main gates . |
| 14 | Britain under Harold Macmillan was booming and new Austins and Morrises were flooding on to the country 's antiquated roads . |
| 15 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 16 | His dark eyes were shining hotly in the torchlight . |
| 17 | Small flakes of rock were dropping out of the roof around the ring pitons . |
| 18 | one thing 's for sure the appointment of John Gorman is a popular one on the terraces … he 's given the fans what they crave for … and that 's loyalty … from first thing this morning supporters were rolling up at the County Ground to have their say |
| 19 | Of course , aircraft were flying long before the development of powerful mathematical models . |
| 20 | After protests by the Western Allies about the infringement of the Four Powers agreement , West Berliners were moving again through the Friedrichstrasse crossing yesterday . |
| 21 | Ominous little gusts of wind were digging playfully in the nearby litter bin and scattering crisp packets about . |
| 22 | In addition , the regular meetings with West Germany under the 1963 Treaty of Friendship were yielding little in the way of positive results . |
| 23 | The frost-bitten Weston brothers were waiting just off the Bath Road near Maidenhead in Berkshire . |
| 24 | Relegation followed , and the hopelessly over-stretched club were sliding back towards the Fourth Division when Toshack resigned in 1984 . |
| 25 | Several sinuous black shapes were ghosting swiftly over the grass from the treeline opposite the front of the house . |
| 26 | Aubrey , watching the three excitedly making plans , was sensitive enough not to mention the news he had received a few days ' earlier from his mother — that Madeleine and Dunbar were coming home with the regiment . |
| 27 | Strange couplings and odd noises were rising out of the performances in the dungeon . |
| 28 | His feet were resting comfortably on the ship 's control panel . |
| 29 | I abandoned the effort to count up to a hundred , sensing that brightly coloured biochemicals were jiggling together on the page . |
| 30 | And er , it was funny yesterday morning the birds in the village were singing just in the way they do in the spri , in the spring , you know , first light . |