Example sentences of "he was [v-ing] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he responded , Rostov remembered the survey briefing and wondered if he was seeing the first evidence of genetic mutation . |
| 2 | Here with ZETA he was overseeing the first example of the reverse process — the controlled fusion of light elements and detection of the products , the neutrons . |
| 3 | She knew he was remembering the last time they had drunk Martinis together and what she had said to him then . |
| 4 | When I come back in , things was all up in the air because while he was moving the first position of the dust extractor , there 's a radio there . |
| 5 | He got up and was about to return to his house to wash the dirt from Meg 's grave from his hands when Cranston swaggered in , throwing the door open as if he was announcing the Second Coming . |