Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five years ago there were over two hundred kidnappings there — the pickings were rich along the Costa Smeralda for those who were sticking it out on the hills above — but last year there were only three , and one of those a complete failure . |
| 2 | The only dangerous time we had was on the way back when we were trying to get away from the coast of Iceland and a whole series of fronts were driving us back into the coast . |
| 3 | They pulled me up off the floor with my hands up behind my back and they were walking me out of the chemist with my arms up and my head pushed down and one of them was kicking me in the back of my legs to get me over to the car . |
| 4 | I was n't afraid of Elizabeth but I was frightened of her mother and I was glad the nuns were leading us away from the road where she lived . |
| 5 | You were holding it up to the window . ’ |
| 6 | We were expecting you down at the Man in the Moon . |
| 7 | All down the corridor people were propping themselves up against the walls , or lying on the floor singly or in couples . |
| 8 | Therefore , when clients relate their first and subsequent panic attacks , or other symptoms of anxiety and stress , and explain that they were doing nothing out of the ordinary , it is entirely possible that this was the case . |
| 9 | There had been no acquittal since they were taking him back to the prison . |
| 10 | This was my case , dusted down from Granny 's attic when they were taking me away from the farm . |
| 11 | It was fiat and broad , and a crowd of sweating men on the deck were poling it upstream amongst the bird-filled islets . |
| 12 | We telephoned from our mobile to theirs — probably at a combined speed of 100mph going away from each other — and it was indeed us who were hotfooting it away from the airport . |
| 13 | And they were squeezing it out of the carton and it was making this right farty noise . |
| 14 | The DHSS were playing me up over the removal grant , so one of my sons went up to the house to see if there were any letters — everything had been smashed , crocks were smashed and the beds were slashed . |
| 15 | Four troopers had them by the arms and were hustling them out into the coach . |
| 16 | I was a bit worried when we were trying it on with the passes . |
| 17 | They were all studiously avoiding meeting his gaze , though he thought they were watching him out of the sides of their eyes . |
| 18 | Tessa and Mrs. Mounce , he knew , were watching her out of the corner of their eyes too , as silent and overawed as he was himself . |
| 19 | ‘ If I were coining it down in the bull market , ’ I reminded him , ‘ and you were my oldest friend and out of work and you came up with two corking girls like that , I 'd be honoured to pay the bill . ’ |
| 20 | Here he is now , cast in cement , somewhat undersized Gibson slung around him , coloured in garish as the statue , showing dully familiar images — Bob , Bunny and Peter in Wailing Wailers suits , Bob at the Peace Concert in 1978 , linking the hands of opposing politicians whose supporters were shooting it out on the streets . |
| 21 | The riotous company had pushed their way into the church , where demented birds , disturbed for the first time in who knows how long , were battering themselves madly against the rafters . |
| 22 | He looked up into her wide blue eyes which were scrutinising him intently over the mug of tea which she was holding with two hands . |
| 23 | He was not using it to further his own human development , he was using it up for the profit of the people who paid him , the anonymous shareholders and their abstract interests . |
| 24 | They were in the bedroom and he was tucking her in under the quilt , stroking her forehead , pushing back the damp strands of blonde hair where her tears had soaked them . |
| 25 | The difficulty was sneaking it out of the mill . |
| 26 | She had him by the hand by then , and was drawing him in to the hearth , for the early November mist was on his shoulders , and his face looked thin and cold . |
| 27 | The swing of the hurricane was bringing them back into the eye of the storm . |
| 28 | Nigel Powley ( 53 ) successfully defended his title , although William Speake ( 66 ) was catching him late in the race . |
| 29 | Sharp whey-like sweat came off hum as she smelt his closeness ; he was walking her backwards into the recess of the arched double doors of a neighbour 's carriage entrance , sticking to her awkwardly , like children playing at dancing , standing on each other 's feet , and when he had her against the door , he took his hand from the underside of her breast , and fingering her nipple , made it rise , then tweaked it till it stood up higher ; twinges darted from her breast to her groin , and Rosa closed her eyes with a little gasp . |
| 30 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |