Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [art] [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PLM leader John Osborne , who was seeking a fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister , lost his seat and stated that he was retiring from politics . |
| 2 | He was having a last vicious swipe at his father and his father 's religion . |
| 3 | Elsewhere in the Lakes the tourist industry was having a last determined autumn fling , but not here , not in this quiet and relatively undiscovered cul-de-sac . |
| 4 | Another of Gran 's memories was witnessing the last public hanging in Salisbury when she was twelve . |
| 5 | With her uplifted left foot she was shoving the next foster mother square in the mouth . |