Example sentences of "and was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action .
2 They were five people in one small room , and hardly a word was said between them until Gus Hambro had a large brandy under his belt , and was visibly returning into circulation .
3 Philip loved the smelly , aggressive little dogs and was always fussing in case they got stuck down the rabbit holes .
4 His face was blackened , he was bleeding from the head and was possibly suffering from shock .
5 Above the sink , ivy had burrowed its way through the walls and was now spreading in profusion towards the ceiling .
6 She had been taken to Hastings Hospital and was now waiting for X-ray results .
7 It could fatten on coarser feed than the Durham and was early maturing for beef , and the oxen could be good draught workers as well as slaughter beasts , though the cows were not good milkers .
8 The coroner laughed and was still bellowing with mirth as Athelstan urged his horse forward out into the street .
9 In the winter of 1940–41 , having moved to Shamley Green , he contracted influenza which he could not shake off : he spent half of January and most of February in bed , and was still recuperating at home in March .
10 When Lorne and our mother , Lydia , visited the Toraja in 1971 they found that the last great king , Lasso Rinding Puang Sangalla , had been dead for three years , and was still lying in state awaiting his final star-launch .
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