Example sentences of "they [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did not get the impression they were reaching out for help , there was not a general mood of crisis . ’ |
| 2 | Her husband had just finished the day 's work at his butcher 's shop and they were settling down to supper . |
| 3 | Certainly Russia has openly intervened with military force to control its satellites like Hungary and Czechoslovakia when it thought they were stepping out of line and also supported the introduction of martial law in Poland to curb industrial unrest . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought they were moving away from communism , ’ Bill says . |
| 5 | The times measured by these different clocks would agree almost exactly if they were moving slowly with respect to each other — but the times measured by different clocks would differ significantly if the clocks were moving at high speed . |
| 6 | Tallis wondered if they were aware of the fact that they were moving further into winter … |
| 7 | They were under no illusions that they could do a better job from Detroit , but they had become increasingly concerned that they were getting out of touch with what was happening around the world , and that the tail was beginning to wag the dog . |
| 8 | They were bustling anxiously from room to room , forgetting things , making last minute plans , asking each other how they looked . |
| 9 | I came down here because they were running out of work in Scotland initially . |
| 10 | Before Mr Boutros-Ghali 's announcement , Red Cross officials in Sarajevo said the city 's soup kitchens would begin closing at the weekend because they were running out of food . |
| 11 | Well just another appalling slaughter of very innocent people , and it really is quite incredible that the people who carried out these terrible murders said they were doing so as retaliation for similar slaughter of people in the Shankhill Road last week . |
| 12 | But the US ( with the UK in tow ) shaped up for war with Iraq and steamed off to the Gulf to protect their own interests , saying that they were doing so on behalf of the whole world . |
| 13 | As they were milling about in front of the camera , Rosie said to her husband , ‘ Just think — at breakfast-time you were saying when we opened the shop , we probably would n't have any customers at all , and here they are , queueing up to have their pictures taken . ’ |
| 14 | Soon they were driving almost through countryside , there were no street lamps any more ; and Boy suddenly found himself saying , stop the car . |
| 15 | Would men , misled into fighting for a cause which , in spite of claims made on its behalf , was a war fought for the wrong motives , be eternally damned if they met their death suddenly in battle , even if they were fighting out of loyalty to their king ? |
| 16 | In those days all aircrew had to take a six monthly Basic Efficiency Examination to ensure they were keeping up to date with equipment and training procedures . |
| 17 | They were bubbling in the car because they were going away on holiday . |
| 18 | In the words of one user , ‘ they were giving them out as if they were going out of style ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ In this back street , ’ he said , ‘ they were making coffins like they were going out of fashion . ’ |
| 20 | One of them could be Swindon 's own Duncan Shearer , who 's been scoring goals this season as though they were going out of fashion . |
| 21 | Ken went to the man 's flat before they were going out to dinner . |
| 22 | It was like that game where you were blindfolded and spun round , and then you had to try and touch someone , Creed and the Skull , they were close one moment , then they were dancing out of reach , and nothing would sound like anything when he played it back , it would sound like interference , nonsense , silence , but he stayed with it , trips to the bathroom to sluice his nose and throat , more trips to replace the tapes , because he sensed they were leading up to something , there was something at the end of this rainbow of places , not gold but something . |