Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [adv] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were both still standing side by side at the balustrade , elbows leaning on the top rail . |
| 2 | Hindenburg certainly thought the last , for he later wrote : ‘ … they were no longer seeking victory , but destruction . ’ |
| 3 | They were no longer wearing string vests , they were wearing Lacoste polo shirts with an alligator emblem on the pocket or ‘ Cisco Kid ’ shirts with diagonal zippers . |
| 4 | They were just about reaching exhaustion |
| 5 | You can still hear the resentment engendered in the villages by these schemes because of the way they were so clearly causing poverty and creating severe labour bottlenecks on the farm . |
| 6 | When they were once more walking side by side in the dusk , Julia said gently : |
| 7 | ‘ My God , they were n't just hitting it sideways , some of them were n't even making contact . |
| 8 | What was occupying his mind , as vividly as if it were even now taking place , was the moment when he had said , ‘ That is absolutely fascinating , Norman , ’ and then realized it was supposed to be the end of the programme . |