Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [conj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Purplish patches were already forming and Miss Fogerty knew from her first-aid classes that she should really be applying hot and cold water in turn to the damaged joint . |
| 2 | Although some of its own experiments were now showing that air pollution in southern England damaged leaves and made them fall early from trees , it could not bring itself to say as much . |
| 3 | The Chinese whispers the next day were even claiming that Paul Smith stormed out of the awards in disgust . |
| 4 | I remember , vividly , the winter of discontent when the trains were never running and hospital workers were dealing only with emergencies , and mountains of rubbish were subsiding into the streets . |
| 5 | The look that McAllister gave him when she said this was so killing that Dr Neil decided to remove temptation by removing himself . |
| 6 | As usual , pace dominated the bowling , both in the Cup and in the A team series , and it was only fitting that Kenneth Benjamin should have been the latest addition to the Test attack . |
| 7 | Bates was only playing because £100,000 signing Shane Westley was cup-tied after playing for Wolves . |
| 8 | Bates was only playing because £100,000-signing Shane Westley was cup-tied after playing for Wolves . |
| 9 | He said he was not suggesting that Mrs Swami had tried deliberately to mislead the jury about the number of beatings . |
| 10 | WORLD WAR II was still raging when Shay French started selling poppies . |
| 11 | He was also recalling that Guy Dalby , sector chief for the Balkans , had earlier reported from Vienna . |
| 12 | Today Mr Justice Garland stressed that he was n't suggesting that media coverage of the case should have been restricted . |