Example sentences of "[adj] was [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not designer stubble , this was getting up in the morning and not being bothered . |
| 2 | This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’ |
| 3 | Does it mean that something mysterious , even mystical was going on inside the computer ? |
| 4 | Even as the car was pulling away , another was swinging in around the Green . |
| 5 | In the next room half of Beverly Hills High was freaking out to The Doors . |
| 6 | In a few seconds , two fell dead , one was running back into the trees , and four were inside the stockade . |
| 7 | The first was coming back from a fruitless wait for Gríshnakh the orc , dead and burnt that same day , with the smoke from his burning ‘ seen by many watchful eyes ’ . |
| 8 | With IBM Corp 's stock in the cellar and as hopes dim it will ever again return as the flagship of the US stock market , The New York Times last Sunday 20th was searching around for a successor and came up with — you guessed it — Microsoft Corp . |
| 9 | To omit this background is rather like accusing the RAF of bombing innocent women and children in Berlin without mentioning that world war two was going on at the time . |
| 10 | I observed him warily , waiting for the outburst I felt certain was infusing along with the coffee , but he remained impassive and finished the meal by stoically downing a litre or so of the espresso blend , a large tin box of Amaretti di Saronno and eight grappa . |
| 11 | The task of the Prime Minister was unremitting , for he was on duty every minute of the day and night and must know all that was going on in the Government . |