Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We were appearing together at a literary lunch in Cleethorpes — he was promoting the latest edition of his diaries — and someone was playing the organ whilst we were eating . |
| 2 | Another few totters and another series of hasty hoppity-skips , and they were looking down at a ramshackle wooden building which sat in a hollow among yellow bushes of gorse . |
| 3 | They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside . |
| 4 | On the main highway leading to Charleroi and Brussels the Dragoons were clattering along at a fine pace , almost as if this was an exercise in Provence instead of war . |
| 5 | Towards the end of 1989 film and TV scripts were flooding in at an unprecedented rate , spurred on by her successful debut live tour , the incredible success , even by her standards , of her second album ‘ Enjoy Yourself ’ which entered the British LP charts at number one on its first day of release in October that year and the much-anticipated release of The Delinquents . |
| 6 | He passed Caballeros and Bugner as they were holing out at the 15th and driving at the short 16th . |
| 7 | erm and the North Koreans were going backwards at a vast rate of knots and in came the Chinese the Chinese army , it stood at that time I think at twenty five million men erm and , and Douglas started losing again , sad really is n't it ? |
| 8 | We knew we were moving abroad at an interesting time in world history , but we did n't realize we 'd get to watch the apocalypse from here . |
| 9 | At the time when both troupes were staying together at the English Girls ' Club in Paris , although the Johns were convinced there was a rule that they should not mix , it never entered the others ' heads . |
| 10 | Noses to the ground , the dogs were coming on at an fast , distance-consuming lope . |
| 11 | Less than 36 hours after the discovery of the body , facts were coming in at a fair rate , though it was still not possible to decide which were relevant and which not . |
| 12 | The road was deserted and we were throbbing along at a moderate pace when suddenly the engine sputtered and stopped . |
| 13 | She turned to find that the Doctor , Francis and Elaine had followed her , and were staring glumly at the fourfold choice of paths . |
| 14 | Bacci and the Marshal were staring in at the uncurtained window below the steps that led to the front door . |
| 15 | Then , while the pirates and Famlio were staring piercingly at a new contingent of roisterers coming in , I decided to move . |
| 16 | They were standing together at the very edge of the platform on which the morning room was constructed . |
| 17 | Carry the Lecfile with you , containing perhaps two or three of the last sheets that you were working on at the previous lecture . |