Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that they were climbing up into the older parts of the mine above the Grand Level to ascertain whether all the worthwhile ore had been taken out . |
| 2 | This suggests that both groups of children were adding on to the larger digit a number of steps equal in value to the smaller digit . |
| 3 | But Tsu Ma had turned already and was wading out into the deeper water . |
| 4 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 5 | Andy the gardener was standing around on the lower terrace looking at some white geraniums he had set out in an urn by the pool house , and although she shrank from returning to the scene of yesterday 's shame , she decided to go and rap with him . |