Example sentences of "were [v-ing] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Dinkins expressed an envy of Tokyo 's cleanliness and low crime rate , but said conditions in his city were improving and urged Japanese companies not to pull out their investments . |
| 2 | They 're sense of self is such that they do n't see that they have a self to assert , perhaps , or that they are not valid enough as a person , which obviously must stem erm from their early childhood experiences , and from the adults that surrounded them when they were growing and developing that sense of who they are . |
| 3 | All around , men were embracing and wishing each other ‘ Id Mubarak . ’ |
| 4 | And it 's my contention , it 's my contention that them people that were er strafing and bombing me , er outside , er in republican Spain , was the same was the same crowd was the same crowd that were bombing and strafing several years later , in the in in the second world war , in in in France er and Holland . |
| 5 | After two months , Joy 's enjoyment of tricking the customers was decreasing , there was still no difference and the customers were just as rude or getting even worse , for more ‘ skinnys ’ were arriving and ordering more food . |
| 6 | Wilkie discussed the Camargue with M. Grimaud , whose cousin had a domaine there , asked Monique and Marie-Claire politely what they were studying and elicited more information in half-an-hour than Frederica had done in several months . |
| 7 | Single people living in a house on their own paid as high a rate bill as a family of four , all of whom were earning and using local services . |
| 8 | … But while we were discussing and elaborating these problems from every conceivable angle , developments in Europe passed us by . ’ |
| 9 | It separated Benioff zones that were dipping and consuming oceanic crust in opposite directions , as in the south-west Pacific trench system at the present day . |
| 10 | ‘ People were hugging and kissing each other as my car powered its way to the finish as they joined me in an early celebration . |