Example sentences of "[was/were] [det] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lads were each sitting on a black , plastic jerry-can , while I was perched on my fishing stool . |
| 2 | When we did The Taming of the Shrew , every time Petruchio yelled — and he had a fine voice — all the peacocks answered , and on the opening night I could feel my neighbour shaking with laughter because the peacocks were all jostling for the best places to roost in the trees . |
| 3 | They all came from similar backgrounds and , as like minds , they were all congregating at the same place for the same reasons . |
| 4 | She did this by lining up the nuclei of radioactive atoms in a magnetic field , so that they were all spinning in the same direction , and showed that the electrons were given off more in one direction than another . |
| 5 | The twins , George , their mothers , Lucy and her mother and Tom were all standing in the front room singing , while Sammy sat in the middle and howled . |
| 6 | They were separate , there was space between them , but , like flowers in a vase , they were all standing in the same water . |
| 7 | They were all standing in the near dark . |
| 8 | They were all playing by the same rules . |
| 9 | One night they were all sitting round the same as usual , in the kitchen this time , Pete and Tommy and a friend of Tommy 's , they were sitting round drinking the whisky Tommy 's friend had brought over when they heard footsteps in the yard . |
| 10 | We were all sitting in the great taproom . |
| 11 | Er and we shared the common objective that these minutes would have to be scrutinized purposefully because if there was any element er in any of the minutes that we did n't disagree with , then we would point it out to the management and had a redraft and have a signed redraft er by the secretary and the convenor , which meant that er at least we were all talking with a common voice . |
| 12 | People living in new housing , whether estates , flats or garden cities , were more satisfied with their houses and neighbourhoods than were those living in the older areas , although there was more than a hint at the loss of street-corner sociability . |
| 13 | WHelan did nt look out of place , but in this match I feel that he and Deane were both looking for the same balls and not really working as a pair . |
| 14 | ‘ We only met walking round Aurae Phiala yesterday , and then found we were both staying at the same pub . |
| 15 | So strong was this hankering for the Gothic and everything that went with it that many of them refused even to look at nature first-hand , but looked at it through a special lens called a Claude-glass , Claude being a French painter of the Gothic who designed his glass especially for looking at ancient ruins and alpine chasms . |
| 16 | The Labour Party had put down a vote of censure and there was much rumbling on the Tory backbenches . |
| 17 | A poor response from Valencia was easily overcome and within the city there was much murmuring against the new ruler . |