Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My dogs were straining against the sledge now and yelping as if badly hurt . |
| 2 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 3 | The girl 's body was curved and slender and my hands were straying to the ribbons on her bodice . |
| 4 | My hands were trailing in the water . |
| 5 | One person stated that the government was unwilling to evaluate itself about how its policies were working on the ground . |
| 6 | Her fingers were biting into the metal . |
| 7 | It was supremely indifferent , but , even as it burned into her like acid , her fingers were plunging into the midnight darkness of his hair as she invited his kiss again , the tumult of his mouth on hers and in it already a necessity , wildness running in her veins , the heavy aching beat of desire unchecked at the deep core of her womanhood . |
| 8 | Her fingers were sliding over the satiny warmth of her skin , and in a sweet intimate flash of reminder , or of warning , her body ( her secret breathing body which she ignored for nearly all of her time , trying to forget it ) came to life and spoke to her . |
| 9 | Her fingers were tingling with the warm smoothness , and she stood there looking puzzled or undecided , the packet of notes loose in her hand . |
| 10 | Tottenham2 Aston Villa5 THE most disappointing aspect of Tottenham 's 13th home defeat of the season was not their naive defending or individual errors that made Aston Villa think some of their opponents were practising for the PFA strike . |
| 11 | The second reason for urban bias was the fact that the radio broadcasters themselves lived in the towns : the people who spoke to them and commented on their programmes were living in the same environment . |
| 12 | Whatever the Navy 's intentions , their shells were landing in the Commando positions and causing some havoc . |
| 13 | Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes . |
| 14 | She looked up to see that Belle had n't made it : her legs were dangling into the corridor . |
| 15 | As the NCF tried to come to terms with the fact that most of its supporters were opting for the Home Office scheme , bitter arguments broke out . |
| 16 | Even as far away as Australia commentators talked about a quiet revolution in the way Australians and their communities were responding to the types of learning challenges being presented to them by the changing social conditions of the 1970s and early 1980s . |
| 17 | Rachel 's opportunity to speak to her parents came on Saturday morning after the community nurse had arrived and was tending to Jennifer in her room and she and her parents were sitting at the kitchen table . |
| 18 | Both her parents were sitting in the living room reading . |
| 19 | Their guests were assembling in the open-air piazza below . |
| 20 | Lady Blemley and her guests were sitting round the tea table . |
| 21 | Her poems were appearing in the Bath Journal by 1749 under the name of ‘ Sylvia ’ . |
| 22 | When this was fed back to the operators , they were quickly able to see how their actions were contributing to the effluent and to make substantial reductions in the amount of ammonia leaving the plant . |
| 23 | It was eventide , the market was finished and both the hucksters and their customers were sheltering under the striped canvas awnings of the small ale booths . |
| 24 | While thousands of miles away her countrymen were revelling in the celebrations for Australia 's 200th anniversary , she enjoyed the historic sights of a country with a slightly richer heritage . |
| 25 | Her windows were rattling in the wind , patches of sunlight and shade sped across the view . |
| 26 | The same day , Burkina denied that its forces were fighting alongside the NPFL . |
| 27 | Artemis had sometimes taken this run when out with her cowardly cousins , although she would always jump the open ditch and hedge while her cousins were fumbling with the gate . |
| 28 | The mud was half way up her chest and her arms were waving in the air . |
| 29 | Her eyes were wild and did not seem to see him , her wings were smashing at the bars and branch in her cage , and she was over and up to the top . |
| 30 | Its founders were clinging to the wreckage , not setting out on a brave new voyage . |