Example sentences of "and were [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A newspaper report that the multi-millionaire Barclay brothers had built up a 3 per cent stake in Williams and were thinking of a full bid at 300p a share sent the price soaring 58p to 283p . |
| 2 | In under a minute they 'd made two sharp lefts and a squealing right , and were roaring down a back street so narrow the least miscalculation would have taken off handles , hubs and mirrors . |
| 3 | A few minutes later they had reached the main road and were heading through a clear November evening towards the north side of the spectacular Cornish peninsula . |
| 4 | They took great care and were concentrating on a small area , trying hard not to tread on the bones . |
| 5 | My friend called me and said you 'd been to see him and were asking about a Russian cross . |
| 6 | But what he did come to recognise was the inadequacy of existing literature : ‘ I realised that the main writers on history and statistics at the time had done very little research and were relying on a few books . |
| 7 | They had sold their farm to the Mali Government and were travelling to a new life in France . |
| 8 | Kai Tak stretched ahead , runway strip in the harbour lit up in blue white and gold , and a second later they had cleared the buildings of the city and were landing with a faint jolt . |