Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] be [v-ing] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had drawn the curtains at the house the previous evening and was carrying out a routine check at about 7.30 am when she saw the smashed back porch . |
| 2 | He left the Operations Room and was running up the Pit transport belt when Cheryl Russell swung in from a side corridor and very nearly cannoned into him . |
| 3 | At the height of the violence in the early hours of the morning at Wymott jail in Leyland , Lancashire , about 400 rioters had seized control and were smashing up the jail . |
| 4 | Everton got off to good start but are slipping down the table … |
| 5 | They already have a children 's play room , an art room , conference space and are building up a library . |
| 6 | In July he slipped away by train to Dire Dawa and my father wrote despondently to the Foreign Office : " Lij Yasu , during his three months ' stay in Addis Ababa , has succeeded in destroying even the semblance of central government and is dragging down the prestige of individual ministers so that there is no authority to whom the Legation can appeal . " |
| 7 | The newly opted-out hospital trust is trying to close Casualty and is running down the wards of the Mile End branch of the Royal London Hospital , which has been serving the East End well since 1858 . |
| 8 | Father Crispin had unfortunately just knocked over a wine cup and was cleaning up the mess with a napkin . |
| 9 | She was wearing the white apron she had for cookery classes at school and was tidying up the house because the doctor was coming . |
| 10 | ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’ |
| 11 | She had been making a cup of coffee and was leaning over a lit ring on the gas cooker to put the kettle on . |
| 12 | In a minute she had rushed from the house and was running down the garden . |
| 13 | Mrs Crumwallis and Mrs Garfitt had run from the serving table and were standing over a boy . |