Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they were not having anybody in the mine , with a watch , who could let people know exactly what the time was , and in other words , create a situation where the men might go home before they 'd completed this particular task . |
| 2 | The films used in this study were , however , relatively short and it was clear that subjects were not describing anything like the total amount of information that was available . |
| 3 | Improvements in firms ' procedures were deemed necessary in many of the firms the Joint Monitoring Unit ( JMU ) visited , but in many cases firms were already implementing them by the time of our visits . |
| 4 | Fourth , and finally , the rejection of the Athenians by the Spartans makes more sense if the Ephialtic reforms are seen as part of a process rather than as an event , that is , if the qualities which the Spartans feared were gradually manifesting themselves over the whole thirty-year period , 487–457 . |
| 5 | The Communists were busily isolating themselves from the labour movement ; the Independent Labour Party was about to do the same . |
| 6 | For instance the , the doctors in the hospitals had a lot of work because people rushed into jogging who were n't fit for it or were n't doing it with the right conditions . |
| 7 | And he could have , he could have , because , then we were importing about three quarters of our food from overseas , there was depression all the time in the thirties , and we were n't growing anything near the amount of food that we needed . |
| 8 | He had to — they were doubtless watching him on the closed-circuit television . |
| 9 | Even when they were nt winning anything except the occasional FA Cup there was hype . |
| 10 | In adopting this chic mode of expression , the nouveau riche was effectively distinguishing itself from the traditional middle classes while at the same time flaunting the fact that it had connoisseurship and taste . |
| 11 | ‘ Naturally , but I could see that he was merely dismissing them as the ravings of an hysterical woman . |
| 12 | A Gothic mahogany bookcase ( lot 478 , est. $6,000–9,000 ) was a beautiful piece of transitional classical/Gothic Revival furniture , though it was obviously missing something at the top , either an additional moulding or added tracery . |
| 13 | A speechreader was naturally anticipating something about the price of leather , the usefulness of gumboots — possibly how one hops round the room on one leg pulling them off and so on . |
| 14 | I was only doing it for the money . ’ |
| 15 | He smiled tenderly , and the knowledge that he was only doing it for the benefit of anyone who might be watching sliced deep into the very heart of her . |
| 16 | But Keith was already pushing her into the living-room , bubbling with what he had to say . |
| 17 | She had been just past Luke when he had caught at her , and now his arms came round her from behind , drawing her back against him , and the response she dreaded was already weakening her as the warmth of him transmitted itself to her . |
| 18 | But he was already leading her to the stairs . |
| 19 | He 's just putting , just putting , I got three eggs , I was just putting them on the bed I could n't be bothered with them then . |
| 20 | ‘ The truth is I knew throughout the summer that my game was not as sharp and I was not enjoying myself on the course as I did in 1991 . |
| 21 | He was not supporting me in the way I felt he should support me . |
| 22 | I was not accompanying her to the home but was treating her to a taxi all the way . |
| 23 | When Gina was not smacking him with the laundry bag or scratching his face , they lived a life of complete indifference to one another . |
| 24 | He was only about two meters away from me and he was like shooting me in the back . |
| 25 | She was always demanding something to the extent that she completely upset the ward routine and had the nursing staff , much as they tried to sympathize with her , at the end of their tethers . |
| 26 | He was still watching her across the table . |
| 27 | Duvall was still holding him by the throat . |
| 28 | He was still holding her by the scruff of the neck . |
| 29 | He was still holding her in the loose circle of his arms and she instantly bridled at the teasing . |
| 30 | He was still clasping her by the shoulders and she tried to shake free . |