Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [conj] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The film both fulfils the Powell-Pressburger partnership 's aim to produce ‘ original stories , written for the screen , keeping pace with events and trying to put into action what people were thinking and saying at the time , ’ which is what the more obviously documentarist filmmakers were also trying to do , and articulates its own vision of the mystical forces in nature , culminating in the healing miracle that arrives for each of the three Canterbury pilgrims on their way to the cathedral . |
| 2 | Nails was laughing and shivering at the same time , so excited that he felt almost ill with it . |
| 3 | Suddenly the anguish was gone and she was laughing and crying at the same time . |
| 4 | I was shivering and sweating at the same time . |
| 5 | Someone was squealing and crying at the same time , as if caught in a trap . |
| 6 | He was groaning and clawing at the pillow . |
| 7 | John was burgling and dealing at the same time , so we had a regular supply , like . |
| 8 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 9 | … Everybody was talking and gesticulating at the same time . ’ |
| 10 | Hilary Frome , stretched face down along the floor , was writhing and retching at the top of the stairs . |