Example sentences of "[noun] were [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Buddleias were growing out of the gutters and doves watched her stone-still , looking like part of the masonry . |
| 4 | ‘ Some of the other kids were going down to the Ash Grove later , ’ she complained . |
| 5 | All the computers were cracking up on the factory floor this morning . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There were still several boys , waiting for their lifts home , and a number of cars were pulling out of the main gates . |
| 9 | Britain under Harold Macmillan was booming and new Austins and Morrises were flooding on to the country 's antiquated roads . |
| 10 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 11 | Small flakes of rock were dropping out of the roof around the ring pitons . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | Relegation followed , and the hopelessly over-stretched club were sliding back towards the Fourth Division when Toshack resigned in 1984 . |
| 14 | Strange couplings and odd noises were rising out of the performances in the dungeon . |
| 15 | Two placards were leaning up against the walls . |
| 16 | It was like a dream that Sam could neither halt nor awake from : the gulls were screaming overhead and the rollers were thundering up against the Gribbin . |
| 17 | At the official launch of the the new Countrywatch campaign the area 's police chief said bobbies were going back on the beat in rural areas . |
| 18 | The Charles Bal and Sir Robert Sale were beating about in the darkness for the whole of the twenty-seventh , and ash rained down on them so steadily that the crews had to spend hours shovelling it off the decks and shaking it clear of sails and rigging . |
| 19 | Yes , worried folk were coming along from the Tower to Billingsgate , some carrying a few possessions . |
| 20 | The Youngs were standing up in the dining room , ready to go to bed . |
| 21 | They 'd just sunk that pit and they were starting to turn coal and the the the miners were straggling back to the new pit you see ? |
| 22 | But the bills were dropping on to the doormat and I felt I had no choice . |
| 23 | Alleycat and Digger were looking up at the stars in the sky . |
| 24 | After a quick glance back through the shop ( Maisie and Ruthie were staring out at the street in silence ) Henry slid one sheet of the printed paper into Gordon 's typewriter . |
| 25 | Unable to get a drink , the workers were standing around in the street listening to pacifist orators . |
| 26 | Mahdi Mohammed loyalists were holding out in the northern fringes of the capital . |
| 27 | Little clusters of guests were standing about on the cobblestones between the houses , looking at a loss . |
| 28 | A lot of big fish were heading out through the gap . |
| 29 | These little buildings were spreading out over the savannah in a game of checkers , with the goal of linking all the pieces into a chain of sound administration . |
| 30 | Fires were lighted everywhere against the cold , and bands of ruffians were bursting out of the Panshanger woods carrying ripped-off branches and uprooted saplings . |