Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] i [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was my case , dusted down from Granny 's attic when they were taking me away from the farm . |
| 2 | ‘ As he was knocking me all around the ring , ’ said Holyfield , ‘ I thought he 'll miss soon and maybe I 'll get the chance to knock him out . ’ |
| 3 | The elephants were n't swimming in the pond , they were floating on their backs , and one of them was balancing me gently on the flat tops of its upturned feet . |
| 4 | Without speaking or smiling , he was holding me tightly round the waist , as if he would never let go . |
| 5 | The knitting was in her lap and she was regarding me steadily over the spectacles . |
| 6 | Fortunately , my persistent ‘ need to know ’ was to get me there in the end . |
| 7 | But facing me in the nets for two winters , he got to know my bowling inside out and by the end of our stay in Cape Town he was hammering me all around the practice area . |