Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also had to be decorated with braid and ribbons even when they were out ploughing in the winter ; George Sadler told me : |
| 2 | When Lindsey and Stevie joined the band you were out touring on the circuit before the big-selling albums happened . |
| 3 | The rabbits were out feeding in the fields . |
| 4 | She and her father were out walking on the day he died . |
| 5 | The rest of the time , he 'd stay with one of his friends when they were out campaigning for the animals . ’ |
| 6 | When the men were out working in the field , I was left in the yard erm I helped with feeding the milking the cows , feeding the calves and the pigs . |
| 7 | Children were out playing in the schoolyards , shouting and enjoying the sunshine ; shops were closed up for the dinner hour . |
| 8 | I was up going on the ski slope , and this is like , I 've been up a couple of times before , but it had been really cold and bi and I went at Easter , I was so like hot , but it 's still really good snow , and we went up there and I just could n't believe it , I just went dad , erm , oh , I do n't feel too good , and he just went , do n't be so stupid , and Nathan and I collapsed , I was at the front of this queue waiting for the ski lift and the whole queue just went |
| 9 | Omero left the den and went outside to find Minky , who was out exercising in the morning air . |
| 10 | Dad did n't object to him nosing around but I wondered what Mum would have said if she 'd been home ; she was out cleaning at the fish shop . |
| 11 | At the time I was out detecting with the Weston Historical Research and Detecting Association , of which I am a member . |