Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [v-ing] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night , he must have done about three grams of the white stuff , plus cognac to stop the shakes , plus not going to bed all night , plus having to behave like a serious grown-up with his trainer and make sure his homes were going to the right races in the right countries at the right time , plus a screaming anxiety attack about his father and Butler and the mess his life was in , plus the horrific combined effects of the morning and the country air . |
| 2 | Ambulance crews were tending to the injured . |
| 3 | Mr Rankin said villagers were writing to the environmental health authority to try and sort the matter out , ‘ At evenings and weekends , the continuous drumming of the bikes sounds like a chainsaw . ’ |
| 4 | The federal government decided that exports of vegetables were contributing to the soaring inflation rate , and banned them . |
| 5 | Dietary concentrations of other minerals and of vitamins were according to the AIN-76 recommendations . |
| 6 | Last night both men were clinging to the vain hope of salvaging their jobs and refused to comment before today 's hearing . |
| 7 | Six men were saying to the other six : Whatever else divides us , whatever else is between us , only one thing matters . |
| 8 | At the front , orders and conflicting counter-orders were adding to the general chaos , as was the badly damaged , and anyway inadequate , telephone system . |
| 9 | American politicians were turning to the academic community to provide the intellectual justification for confronting Soviet power . |
| 10 | The Tree Spirits were clinging to the black iron pipes that ran along the sides of the floor , using them as levers and pulleys to help them across the floor . |