Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British staff at Culham were pointing out to the eminent scientists that they are paid less than their colleagues from fourteen other European countries working alongside them . |
| 2 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |
| 3 | Marie was wading up to the path through waist-high reeds : ‘ Look at the state of my clothes ! ’ |
| 4 | Back at Club Eleusis , Jahsaxa Penumbra was tripping out like the bad queen in a fairy-tale cartoon , the only omission being the thunderclouds and lightning round her head . |
| 5 | Mrs Wright was sitting down on the bank , the gun across her knees . |
| 6 | And at the same time , Lilian was coming up to the second stage . |
| 7 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 8 | The lights went down further , and I guessed Kruger was working up to the big climax , whatever that was . |
| 9 | Ellen was hurrying out of the solar . |
| 10 | Mrs Parvis was standing out on the front doorstep , pretending to watch out for something in the sky . |
| 11 | Back again on Grace , Tilda was messing about at the foot of the mast with a black and yellow flag , one of the very few they had . |
| 12 | The Charles Bal and Sir Robert Sale were beating about in the darkness for the whole of the twenty-seventh , and ash rained down on them so steadily that the crews had to spend hours shovelling it off the decks and shaking it clear of sails and rigging . |
| 13 | The Youngs were standing up in the dining room , ready to go to bed . |
| 14 | Alleycat and Digger were looking up at the stars in the sky . |
| 15 | After a quick glance back through the shop ( Maisie and Ruthie were staring out at the street in silence ) Henry slid one sheet of the printed paper into Gordon 's typewriter . |
| 16 | Eva was coming in at a high spot of the Army 's history . |
| 17 | Alan was sitting down at the end of the lawn , his back to the house ‘ so you do n't distract me ’ , finishing off some work for Monday . |
| 18 | Alexei was looking down at the skirts of his coat . |
| 19 | I closed my eyes for the rest of the journey as it had been a busy two days and I did n't feel lik& going to the council offices either , It would be too late anyway so I decided to take a stroll by the river and see how Nigel was getting on with the excavations . |
| 20 | Mendez was looking over at the bar ; Russell down at his drink , as if thinking or listening . |
| 21 | ‘ Shortly after it returned , Pete was rolling around on the carpet and found a titbit , ’ Andrew explained . |
| 22 | Mr Ross was coming out of a door . |
| 23 | Frank was lying back on the pillows with his eyes closed . |
| 24 | Simon was reaching out for the drum . |
| 25 | Simon was coming back along the waterline with Ben trotting at his heels . |
| 26 | Behind her , Nahum was looking on with an unsmiling face . |
| 27 | One day , Mildred was walking along in the park it was very , very hot and she was very , very tired ! |
| 28 | Fortunately she had managed to read quickly through her own piece , which looked really professional , but she wondered what J.D. was thundering about on the editorial page . |
| 29 | It was difficult to see exactly what she looked like , for she and Rupert were bending down over a table examining something together . |
| 30 | Hasan was sitting up at the table , eating a large slice of toast . |