Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newcastle were handicapped by the absence of David Bargh and Mark Thorpe , who were competing in the World Pairs semi-finals in Germany . |
| 2 | Birds were singing in the garden trees . |
| 3 | Whatever the Navy 's intentions , their shells were landing in the Commando positions and causing some havoc . |
| 4 | The demonstrators came despite pelting snow and rumours that tanks and armoured vehicles were lurking on the city outskirts . |
| 5 | The demonstrators came despite pelting snow and rumours that tanks and armoured vehicles were lurking on the city outskirts . |
| 6 | Perks were climbing into the utility bunkers of the parking bay , bobbing about in there . |
| 7 | They were searching for the gym shoes . |
| 8 | Women were remarking on the window hangings — ‘ You could hang my whole downstairs with one of those red curtains , ’ said Mary McCulloch , ‘ and have a length left over for the beds . ’ |
| 9 | As they were looking at the seed packets together , the robin hopped on to a branch near them . |
| 10 | Hardly had the dust settled on the bomb damage when ambitious plans for large-scale rebuilding were pouring off the drawing boards of architects and town planners . |
| 11 | Group 3 , 105 men of Troops 5 and 6 under 3 Commando 's second-in-command Major Jack Churchill , were waiting for the Maaloy batteries to open up as the craft ran towards the beach . |
| 12 | Yes , I did in fact erm whilst when we were going through the education proposals erm I did list reductions as John has mentioned , but I did also include the extra valuation for primary staffing that erm has went into our budget and the Liberal Democrats and I think Labour 's originally , which is now included in the combined Council budget . |
| 13 | They were travelling along the country lanes by now , and the hum of the engine was soothing . |
| 14 | While other shoe makers were suffering from the recession DMs Northampton shoe factory was hiring more staff — there are now 2,500 of them turning out a pair of shoes every 4 seconds . |
| 15 | By the time they reached the Mearns Road near Eaglesham and trudged to the wreckage of the Messerschmitt , it had acquired a small crowd of sightseers , who were bantering with the Home Guards trying to keep it safe from looting . |
| 16 | Knuckles were rapping on the car windows , breath steaming the glass . |
| 17 | ‘ You were standing outside the University gates at about eight o'clock in the morning , last Wednesday . ’ |
| 18 | There 's no doubt about it , the government should do a lot more and I 'm sorry to leave on this kind of basic note , the thing what really got was when they were talking about the coal miners and I mean , I know that particular area quite well , where they , they said we 'll put some money in for training ! |
| 19 | By the New Year comments were creeping into the film previews , the poetry section was expanding , and permanent offices had been found in Princedale Road , Notting Hill . |
| 20 | A further four days had elapsed and both Patrick and Tracey were playing with the connector rods . |
| 21 | The evening before , when the boy was buying a betel-leaf from a shop , the police had hauled him up as a vagabond ; they were responding to the jail authorities ' appeal to book more helpers … . |
| 22 | From the observation post on the Residency roof Mr Ford reported that new contingents of sepoys were streaming into the enemy lines from every direction . |
| 23 | One or two books were missing from the study shelves ; perhaps guests had simply borrowed them and taken them to their rooms . |
| 24 | Moreover , it must be remembered that the unit is extremely small , and also that by the time that man was struggling with the birth pangs of civilisation , it had already been produced , by the wondrous process of evolution , in astronomical numbers . |
| 25 | Thatcher 's rating in the opinion polls was crashing as the dole queues lengthened . |
| 26 | He found he was walking as a dog walks , its head twisted round to gaze into its master 's face , waiting for a stick to be thrown , wagging its tail . |
| 27 | He was walking past the barley granaries now , three rough structures of tamarisk planking . |
| 28 | I reported the drop to Warton and asked what was happening with the rescue efforts . |
| 29 | It is said that he was interfering with the choir girls , some of whom were betrothed . |
| 30 | Discussions on workers ' control and the general strike to stop war also showed that an important section of the trade unions had reacted against gradualism , at least in words , and was returning to the syndicalist notions fashionable some ten years before . |