Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It already had a well-developed product on the market , whilst its rivals were struggling to get one onto the drawing board . |
| 2 | In another presidential address , this time to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues , Stotland ( 1977 ) spoke on the topic of ‘ white-collar criminals ’ and argued that although we were beginning to know something about the people who commit white-collar and corporate crime , we ought to intensify our efforts . |
| 3 | One in five had received no training in the Act and most were expecting to receive none during the next six months . |
| 4 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
| 5 | An odd posture , bent over — it was the girl of this afternoon , and she was going to throw something at the windows of the sitting-room . |
| 6 | A sudden wave of panic swept over her and she glanced at the others but it did n't seem as if she was going to learn anything for the moment . |
| 7 | ‘ But by then I suppose he was having to say anything to the jury to save himself . |