Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the second century B.C. they were experimenting with a volcanic earth found near Vesuvius and named pozzolana after the town of Pozzuoli there . |
| 2 | Suddenly they met burnt chip contamination and had to shut down the production line , a major anxiety as they were producing to a tight schedule in a ‘ Just in time ’ situation . |
| 3 | There was pressure from the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , for Mr Smith to declare firmly which way the Labour Party would be voting when the bill came up for its third reading , which many of the rebels were targeting for a full-scale revolt . |
| 4 | By now I was talking and singing on automatic pilot whilst my heart and brain were thudding with a heady mixture of adrenalin . |
| 5 | Although those terrifying Latin countries were building in a classical style by then , England preferred her own flights of fancy . |
| 6 | His swollen upper lip felt enormous and stiff , as though he were recovering from a dental injection . |
| 7 | They had climbed hard all afternoon , and shortly before seven o'clock , with the sky softening towards apricot , were resting on a rocky outcrop . |
| 8 | Er much to everybody 's fear , really , because we , we , we were stepping into a new area , you can imagine from , from wires to something with no wires , and the risk of that failing , but , but it worked and er from thereon , of course most Fire Brigades have taken on the task and , and er are now on radio contact of this kind . |
| 9 | He had some troublesome followers who were clamouring for a positive policy without being able to suggest one . |
| 10 | THE explorers Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr Michael Stroud were tucking into a hearty breakfast of eggs yesterday after being airlifted to safety from the icy wastes of the Antarctic . |
| 11 | The purpose of the writer 's research ( Tweddell , 1988 ) was to examine practices in arts INSET for serving teachers at a time when the government 's intention to develop a coherent programme of INSET through GRIST was being initiated ( at Easter ) 1987 and to find out how the arts were faring in an educational climate which many observers were declaring inimical to the arts . |
| 12 | They were gleaming under a stripy awning outside the greengrocer 's , from all sorts of exotic places : a piled cornucopia of temptation on the lovely dark green artificial grass . |
| 13 | The lumps , he noted , were returning with a slow vengeance and he confirmed that nonetheless I should be able to fulfil the requirements of a demanding panto season with no trouble . |
| 14 | The Tomlins family were returning from a week-long holiday in England and Wales . |
| 15 | He and his wife were returning from a short break in Venice ( ’ no problems with public transport or with the plane ’ ) and arrived at King 's Cross station . |
| 16 | Murder victims Julie Godwin , mother of a young child , and Elizabeth Over , both 30 , were holidaying at a remote bush camp close to the Mozambique border in Zululand . |
| 17 | Kai Tak stretched ahead , runway strip in the harbour lit up in blue white and gold , and a second later they had cleared the buildings of the city and were landing with a faint jolt . |
| 18 | Wincing involuntarily , feeling as if she were groping in a dark quicksand , she said quickly , ‘ Business … ’ |
| 19 | It was nice of them to let me join in , they were very patient , but you could see they were itching for a good game and I 'm just hopeless . |
| 20 | Shae was made of different stuff ; in his company she felt as though she were walking under a permanent spotlight , and the awareness of questioning eyes upon her made her deeply uncomfortable . |
| 21 | We were walking through a silent forest . |
| 22 | It took about a day and a half for each of them , during which time my nerve-ends were pinging like a Du-gnorian soniharp . |
| 23 | they were climbing over a massive wall to get into a cemetery that they 're not meant to go into |
| 24 | Which artistes were appearing on a certain date , that sort of thing . |
| 25 | His tone was smooth and teasing , but his eyes were glittering with a disturbing light . |
| 26 | Eight miles later , when they were coasting down a long hill , the engine spluttered . |
| 27 | Empirically they found that densities were tending towards a pivotal density , with metropolitan areas shedding their populations by redevelopment and smaller country towns increasing their densities by infilling . |
| 28 | By the time the three colleges were meeting as a prospective polytechnic , from May 1969 , it was clear that CNAA courses could not begin until 1971 at the earliest . |
| 29 | Because these two people , who knew each other well , were meeting in a strange place , they felt like the strangers they were when they first met , and neither spoke for a moment . |
| 30 | At that time the Particular Baptists were meeting in a private house and it may have been that fact rather than family disagreements on doctrinal issues which led to her being baptized at Netherfield Independent chapel on 6 August 1817 . |