Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time when standards of living were rapidly rising at home , our goods abroad , manufactured with the disproportionate vulnerability of too many man-hours at high wage rates , became unattractively priced . |
| 2 | Yet to do this was proving increasingly expensive , for articles of luxury were fast rising in price . |
| 3 | The Last Movie was finally going into production . |
| 4 | Mellowed by two bottles of beer , he was convinced that Hank was telling the truth ; his mind was already going to work considering how to double that forty thousand . |
| 5 | Its effect was particularly damaging in relation to the recurrent tragedies of death in childhood , which are examined in the next chapter . |
| 6 | The wind was now gusting to Force 11 and visibility still poor . |
| 7 | Gurder was still arguing with Topknot when they got back . |
| 8 | The rift was now growing between Parliament , which favoured the establishment of Presbyterianism , and the army , which proposed that all forms of Christian worship except Roman Catholicism should be tolerated . |
| 9 | By 1719 , the buildings of both the house and the hall were rapidly falling into ruin and a storm of 1720 , blew parts of the hall to the ground , but a stone figure of Haymo blown from a niche over the door was undamaged , falling it is said on to some grass , this was later presented to the Bishop of Rochester . |
| 10 | The Bahamas Locomotive Society Museum Building is making steady progress ; work was steadily proceeding in spite of the distractions of the Coal Tank and Jinty in Ingrow West Yard and the frequent procession of service hands . |
| 11 | She stated she would be staying in their Huntingdon home rather than moving to London and admitted her wardrobe was sorely lacking in power outfits . |
| 12 | It is clear from reading Hansard that the Committee was repeatedly asking for guidance as to the effect of the legislation once subclause ( 4 ) of clause 54 was abandoned . |
| 13 | By chance , the Museum was also acting as host to a large delegation of Mayors and Councillors from the surrounding area and it is hoped that the significance of the presentation rubbed-off on them . |
| 14 | Once again no details were available , and the Institute was again fragmenting with NVQ 's and SCOTVEC . |
| 15 | Well the difference was like moving from purgatory into heaven really , because er in the Nissan hut I had one tap of cold water , that 's all , every bit of water had to be heated on a gas stove , and every bit of water for a bath had to be heated in an old fashioned er boiler in which you lit the fire under and of course when you came here we had a ni an electric cooker , er straight away |
| 16 | Er here erm you can form your own views about whether Mill 's right or wrong , I mean that the situation of a secret ballot was brought in to erm overcome as one where the local industrist industrialist who employed half the member of the town was also standing for parliament . |
| 17 | With a tragic stroke of luck that set venereology back many decades , the patient from whom he collected the pus was also suffering from syphilis , and Hunter went on to develop both gonorrhoea and syphilis . |
| 18 | Beida was just falling in line by removing the large statue , it was argued . |
| 19 | She could n't recall stirring but when she came to the end of the journal and looked up , bemused and far away , not recognizing her surroundings for a while , the room was faintly glowing with fire and candlelight and the sky beyond the windows was inky blue . |
| 20 | By the third week around 17 per cent thought Labour and the Alliance were also concentrating on defence . |
| 21 | This landlord was clearly profiting from involvement in the market in basic foodstuffs : a market which stray references in contemporary chronicles and letters show to have been lively in the Seine basin during the ninth century . |
| 22 | The exchange rate policy was highly damaging to manufacturing . |
| 23 | Vigo was still savouring with pride and joy his caller 's astonishment . |
| 24 | Anneka was today filming on location somewhere in London for her current programme , Capital Woman , ‘ which has certainly required an extra effort . ’ |
| 25 | The man was already living beyond sundown , George told himself . |
| 26 | A DARLINGTON man was yesterday recovering in hospital after a Good Friday attack which left him with broken bones in his face . |
| 27 | Everyone dined together at a plain wooden table more suited to the kitchen or servants ' quarters than the guests ' dining room , and the fare was similarly lacking in charm . |
| 28 | Her daughter was eagerly moving towards womanhood and would not be stopped . |
| 29 | The courtyard was now overflowing with serious-faced , white-galabeahed men . |
| 30 | As the retail side of the operation was now increasing in importance , one of Peter Revers ' principal tasks was to find new store locations and Jean 's was to hire staff for them . |