Example sentences of "[conj] was [adv] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is true that much contemporary prose has a clarity and directness that was often lacking at the time when Huey wrote , while technical aids have developed beyond what he could have imagined . |
| 2 | She did not regularly use tampons and was not menstruating at the time of admission . |
| 3 | deane still looks out of sorts though , but Wallace is back to his old ways and was continually running at the defenders . |
| 4 | And after running out of ideas against Watson he then appeared to run out of strength and motivation and was actually looking at the canvas instead of into his opponents ' eyes in the seventh round when he was flattened by a thumping left jab . |
| 5 | By now I had forgotten Vauban and was surreptitiously staring at the two seated figures . |
| 6 | Hanging over the increasingly tense political situation throughout May was the fate of more than 100 prisoners taking part in a mass hunger strike which began on May 1 and was still continuing at the end of the month . |
| 7 | The dome of Santiaguito in Guatemala has been growing ever since 1922 , and was still growing at the time of writing . |