Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was all turning into Saturday-morning chapter play . |
| 2 | It was especially looking for new business in Osaka . |
| 3 | She shook her head in disbelief ; everything was suddenly moving at breakneck speed . |
| 4 | James and Geraldine Hanson were , as always , wonderful in going round introducing their guests , and the place was soon buzzing with happy chatter . |
| 5 | But the time and inspiration for such apparent frivolities were rapidly passing and he was soon explaining to Bonamy Dobrée that the Bolovian period had ended . |
| 6 | In his head he was already driving through heavy rain to a life he could n't imagine . |
| 7 | Cracks in the temple of Hibis in the el-Kharga oasis in the Libyan desert have widened , giving urgency to the plan to move the temple which was already suffering from underground water seepage . |
| 8 | When they reached the railway station it was already plying for new hire and the sound of an engine gathering up steam could be heard . |
| 9 | In the event , that traffic was already spiralling in steep decline and the corresponding losses were to rise dramatically . |
| 10 | ‘ Abd al-Karim was still recovering from serious gunshot wounds sustained during the Iraqi occupation . |
| 11 | The United States was still pressing for close cooperation , while the West German Chancellor , Konrad Adenauer , had on several occasions already suggested some kind of Franco-German cooperation . |
| 12 | He was clearly suffering from reactive depression . |
| 13 | One parent described the condition of her daughter in hospital , when she saw her , who was also suffering from toxic shock . |
| 14 | Yasmin said she 'd had enough and was now looking for full-time modelling work . |
| 15 | I was now shaking with delayed-action shock . |
| 16 | As the servant of astronomy , mathematics was peculiarly fitting for theological study , since , as Bacon put it , ‘ throughout the Scriptures we are called away from terrestrial … and awakened to heavenly things . ’ |
| 17 | What he had just said hit her like a douche of cold water , and instantly Leith , while wanting to hammer the living daylights out of him , — although still forgetful of her tenuous job position — was otherwise working on full brain power . |
| 18 | Yet neither was completely lacking in political sense . |
| 19 | Half the population thought Dr Trout was yet another crank , confirming that the nation was steadily slipping towards mass lunacy . |
| 20 | I was actually weeping with advance self-pity before I got there . |
| 21 | One has to read all this special pleading against the light so to speak to see what was actually happening in day-to-day practice . |
| 22 | In the United States , a New York grand jury on July 29 brought criminal indictments against BCCI , against its founder Abedi , who was currently living in poor health in Sind province , Pakistan , and against its former chief operating officer Swaleh Naqvi . |
| 23 | The hospital 's senior house officer , Dr Ewing Forrest , told the inquiry : ‘ I was specifically looking for subarachnoid haemorrhage but there was no evidence of irritation . |