Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [adj] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , he thought they would be drifting apart a bit now , perversely but predictably because they were seeing more of each other , not just weekends ; Stock stayed the night at the horrible little place in Islington quite often , but Slater thought Sara might be getting bored with the black-leather macho man . |
| 2 | Clinical measurements were becoming popular about this time , and many interesting things were being discovered as a result of this more quantitative approach . |
| 3 | I thought you said you were going easy on that seed ? |
| 4 | There they were sitting next to each other on the sofa . |
| 5 | We were sitting cross-legged on either side of him with a vast array of tiny dishes on finely worked brass trays stretching before us , and entirely lit by Aladdin lamps on specially wrought stands . |