Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Australians were recovering again from the brink of disaster , although a ruthless reprisal raid by Portuguese against the natives who had helped the Japanese was storing up trouble for the future . |
| 2 | From the stack of suitcases strapped on the overhead rack and the fact that they were driving away from the coast I guessed they were returning from a holiday . |
| 3 | When we were driving down from the border towards Beni Abbes , we quaked every time we saw police or soldiers . |
| 4 | She was only dimly aware of the approach of the two boys who were walking swiftly from the street corner . |
| 5 | While they were walking back from the Huddersfield discotheque , it suddenly dawned on Fred and Arthur that they had eaten three main meals that day instead of two . |
| 6 | They were shrinking back from the basement door . |
| 7 | A report in the International Herald Tribune at the end of August suggested that the Khmers Rouges were keeping away from the UN disarmament process because their forces had grown so small that they would lose influence if the numbers were made public . |
| 8 | People were climbing down from the truck and seemed to be forming another queue . |
| 9 | This worked very well , but in 1988 people were pushing in from the sides instead of joining the queues , and tempers were becoming frayed and the situation somewhat dangerous as people trampled over the numerous electricity cables and water pipes . |
| 10 | She stopped and put her case down for a moment to try and collect herself ; her hands were trembling uncontrollably from the weight . |
| 11 | His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike . |
| 12 | But now the men were sprinting back from the ramparts . |
| 13 | People were turning away from the dance spectacle to watch , with varying degrees of amusement , the small drama being enacted in their midst . |
| 14 | At least if they kept going towards the sunset they were going away from the Ridgery and would arrive somewhere . |
| 15 | They were going away from the house towards the sea . |
| 16 | They were moving away from the fire door when there was a loud report , like a large cannon going off . |
| 17 | They were getting away from the busyness and bright lights . |
| 18 | People were drifting away from the house , moving into the garden . |
| 19 | Alexei glanced idly down , and he saw that a company of troopers of the guard — C'zaki by their dress , under the command of a Yek officer — were marching up from the direction of the gate , picking up the sentries who had completed their tour of duty , dropping off the night watch . |
| 20 | Black rain clouds were riding up from the south , killing the light and making the day seem almost over . |
| 21 | ‘ It was as we were coming away from the assassin 's apartment . |
| 22 | Some figures were coming up from the road to meet him , a girl and a couple of boys . |
| 23 | All went well until we were approaching Ramsgate and about to cross ahead of two coasters that were coming up from the south . |
| 24 | They were coming down from the Quarry , bigger engines . |
| 25 | Because when we were coming back from the park at er , no not the park where was we ? |
| 26 | Pete and Mum were coming back from the shops . |
| 27 | An NCO clutching a grenade marched up to the barrier and Kahane told him that they were coming back from the front and were in a hurry . |
| 28 | One evening when they were coming back from the hunt , he pretended to be someone else and , all alone , jumped on Albuin pretending that he was going to steal by violence the horse Albuin was mounted on . |
| 29 | Yes , worried folk were coming along from the Tower to Billingsgate , some carrying a few possessions . |
| 30 | ’ British pop evolved from R&B dance culture , but while the working classes were coming home from the factory and putting on some Motown , the people who now run record companies were at university listening to Genesis or Peter Frampton or whatever — their only contact with pop culture was Gary Glitter or Sweet . |