Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Small Luxury Hotels of the World will be appointing a tour operator to provide worldwide breaks , including transport , to its 90 properties worldwide ; and Forte , which was already seeking ABTA bonding for a new programme of flight-inclusive packages to overseas hotels , decided to include UK breaks in the bond , scheduled for early-summer approval .
2 Venturous was already making cutter history with her size , speed of sixteen knots and the latest electronic gadgetry such as radar , Decca Navigator and modern communication equipment .
3 Um and erm I was just wondering y'know kind of erm often when I write questionnaires I like to go for a sort of more kind of rather less declarative statements .
4 An assistant was carefully applying gold leaf to it .
5 Rosa was there drinking fruit juice with Fritz Kott and a few other pupils from the Egon Schultz School who greeted her with the same , unanimous question : ‘ What happened ? ’
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