Example sentences of "the [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the dome was echoing with the last anthem : she was walking out into the September sunshine on João 's arm ; the crowds were cheering in the streets , gasping at the splendour of her dress and showering her with flowers and petals . |
| 2 | The flames were licking at the window . |
| 3 | The flames were licking at the window . |
| 4 | It will die out over there and the flames were coming through the bricks were n't it mam ? |
| 5 | The time-pips were sounding on the line , and he added quickly , ‘ Do you want to give me your number ? |
| 6 | But we also , I think , all took the view , because that was what all the signs were showing at the time , that the crunch would come later than it did , and I think that was the perceived view of anybody working in Whitehall at that stage . |
| 7 | The Guildsmen were wading through the audience , overturning benches and chasing children away with the backs of their hands . |
| 8 | I think it was probably the other day because erm the wa the ducks were swimming on the road at er six o'clock just on the road near the baths |
| 9 | In fact the Germans were firing into the air , although we did not realize it at the time , so there were no casualties . |
| 10 | The shadow home secretary , Tony Blair , claimed the plans were going down the road of centralised policing when the reverse was needed . |
| 11 | The shadow home secretary , Tony Blair , claimed the plans were going down the road of centralised policing when the reverse was needed . |
| 12 | The bells were clanging in the high tower which soared up to a steel blue sky . |
| 13 | In both cases , the owls were roosting in the cave . |
| 14 | At the time of the first interviews in June 1990 the authorities were grappling with the devolution of services to the units and the district 's attempt to come to terms with the new role of purchaser . |
| 15 | The tree-tops were bowing in the rising wind , and it sounded as though they , too , were sighing . |
| 16 | The delivered price was described as being on a par with the official f.o.b. price , in other words , the Iranians were discounting by the entire freight element . |
| 17 | I forgot the cars were coming down the road . |
| 18 | I realised slowly that the screams were coming from the kitchen . |
| 19 | So if I wrote , ‘ The next day was a Fuesday ’ because I hit the wrong key on the typewriter , they used to leave it in , thinking that was what the kids were saying at the time ! |
| 20 | The kids were going through the practical joke stage and , having exhausted their repertoire on us , were delighted to have a new victim . |
| 21 | In the meantime , the Dragoons were floundering in the boggy ground , easy targets for the riflemen while finding it impossible to fire with any reasonable accuracy themselves . |
| 22 | The postman came just as the grownups were moving into the parlour . |
| 23 | So much so that the waves were crashing over the boat , and the boat was filling up with water . |
| 24 | And there arose a fierce gale of wind and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up and he himself was in the stern asleep on the cushion . |
| 25 | Revolutionary Iran responded with the familiar accusation that the superpowers were uniting at the expense of Iran to secure their own interests . |
| 26 | All over the camp in wild panic the huts were emptying as the remaining occupants scrambled for the safety of the hills and the Russian frontier beyond . |
| 27 | And so , er , when th the reapers were gathering in the harvest they were not allowed to go right to the edge of the field , they had to leave a border , they were not to go right into the corners , they were to leave those areas , so that the poorer members , so that those who did not have could come and could gather what was left behind . |
| 28 | The books were lying on the bed , where he had left them . |
| 29 | Yet even as North spoke , the contras were collapsing under the very impact of his half-secret operations ; and by the time of his trial , less than two years later , the new administration had turned its back on them . |
| 30 | Some people in the crowd tackled them back and poles from the placards were flying through the air . |