Example sentences of "and [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We arrived in Swansea locks at about 1800 , and were locking through in company with a small Channel Island registered coaster when a local officer passed a message down to us . |
| 2 | At the annual parish meeting it was heard that the rats were beginning to explore and were going out into Church Street . |
| 3 | ‘ I simply told them that you were my wife and that you had taken all our money and our little girl and were running off to London to be with your lover . ’ |
| 4 | Quick as a flash the doctor had cut the cord , passed the child to Matilda Jenkins , and was stitching away at Sarah as if his own life depended on it . |
| 5 | One of the littlest lads had heaved himself up onto the window-sill and was gazing out in rapture . |
| 6 | I was bored with Aubagne and was looking forward to Orange . |
| 7 | He had worked hard all his life and had served his country for four years and was looking forward to retirement in the home he had worked for all his days . |
| 8 | Because Duvall had risen to his feet and was looking hard at Jimmy , nodding his head . |
| 9 | Before she reached my name I had chosen the wife for Old Red ; when Gwenellen Jones answered I had also chosen my bridesmaid 's dress , asked Matron for an extra holiday , coaxed our fare money out of my father , and was flying out to Singapore with Dickie . |
| 10 | She 'd been there two days and was running out of money . |
| 11 | As we turned Bass Point with a good view of the Predannack helicopter base , my concentration was drawn by a helicopter which had lifted off and was heading out to sea , at our level and across our path . |
| 12 | At 36 , Vrabel was running his ninth marathon , and was closing fast on Nelson . |
| 13 | Fitzosbert , however , had already dismissed him with a flicker of his eyes and was staring coolly at Sir John as if to prove he was not cowed by any show of authority . |
| 14 | ‘ He said he was feeling tired and was going home to bed . ’ |
| 15 | There was a crudely written note attached to the child giving her name and saying that the mother was an unmarried Irish girl who had been in service and was going back to Ireland . |