Example sentences of "were [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main substance to their complaints was that at £26 a ticket they were not receiving value for money . |
| 2 | It had to succeed in selling , against Japanese competition , the product left to it by a conventionally organised British motor cycle industry which had already admitted defeat ; and sales were not keeping pace with production . |
| 3 | Out in the kitchen preparations were already taking place in readiness for the lunch-time trade . |
| 4 | Firstly , the team had become increasingly aware of the need to evaluate its work since external researchers were already conducting research into child sexual abuse investigations and case conferences . |
| 5 | Below , in the mathematician 's trench , they were already fighting hand to hand . |
| 6 | As discussions were held on the formation of a government , deliberations were also taking place within Congress ( I ) on the issue of the next Prime Minister . |
| 7 | I mean , how do we know you were n't playing Stairway To Heaven , Smoke On The Water or Eruption ? |