Example sentences of "were [adv] [v-ing] from [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final words were pronounced in ringing tones as they arrived back in the hall , where Officer Hassan and Dieter were just emerging from the salon . |
| 2 | Z Company were just returning from a fortnight 's well-earned leave while , as always , HQ Company were administering , paying , feeding , clothing and transporting the rest of the battalion . |
| 3 | Her cheeks were already burning from the heat . |
| 4 | His ears were still ringing from the gunshot . |
| 5 | Her eyes were still adjusting from the brightness outside and she felt a surge of panic at her mistake , but he did nothing . |
| 6 | Whatever the legal rights and wrongs , so long as the Angevins actually held Gisors they were clearly negotiating from a position of strength and could reasonably hope that one day the King of France would be forced to concede their case . |
| 7 | This approach was gradually accepted , though not before inflation had reduced the tax threshold so low that most poor wage-earners were also benefiting from the tax allowances . |
| 8 | In several instances , the parents gradually became aware that something was ‘ wrong ’ : the user 's physical appearance deteriorated over a period of time ; household and personal items were unexplainedly missing from the home ; the user began borrowing heavily and often from parents and siblings . |