Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were able to exchange ideas and opinions with them — so much so , that by the end of the day one archaeological student was using my detector over the spoil heaps , while I turned my hand to the ‘ trowel and brush . ’ |
| 2 | He was hanging his head over the edge of the bed and wondering what to do next when a spring burst in the mattress . |
| 3 | She was gathering her strength for the season of ice that must settle over Munding Rectory . |
| 4 | I would n't care if my Mandy was flashing her clout on the Old Kent Road if it meant having her back ! |
| 5 | With the backing of President North , the Josephite Church was building its sanctuary in the former state of Utah . |
| 6 | Chignell was helping his master up the steps . |
| 7 | Grace , who was purling in the front circle , gathered he was drawing their attention to the war and the number of dead and maimed . |
| 8 | Alex had spilled some juice on the table top and was drawing his finger through the orange puddle with enjoyment ; Sarah seemed completely preoccupied by the last mouthful of toast . |
| 9 | Tanner , as Commander of the Anti-Terrorist Branch , was stamping his authority on the meeting from the outset . |
| 10 | On a Sunday in February she was eating her lunch in the cottage where she lived , when d'Urberville knocked at the door . |
| 11 | she was enjoying her walk down the quiet country lane towards the riverbank . |
| 12 | While Hunter was enjoying his debut against the Canadians , 23-year-old Underwood , making his debut , was tense , tried too hard and ultimately faded . |
| 13 | Richardson , 37 , who met the the girl while she was walking her dog beside the river near her home in King 's Lynn , Norfolk , was given a 16-month sentence for having sex with a girl under 16 , the legal age of consent . |
| 14 | She was walking her dog past the house just now and I thought I might bring her in . |
| 15 | A man was walking his dog across the ice from the high flats on the left bank , and crash — in he went . |
| 16 | Maggie was stabbing her finger at the different plates on the table , and her aunt wagged her head and pursed her lips before she said , flatly , ‘ I 'm courting one of the airmen ; he comes to Donald 's farm . ’ |
| 17 | Already , the swift-moving German vanguard was groping its way into the Bois des Corbeaux ; the only wood near the Mort Homme , where those well-tried infiltration tactics could be used to excellent advantage . |
| 18 | Soon I was groping my way up the tight , black corkscrew , mole-mode . |
| 19 | The man had his fingers around the woman 's throat and was banging her head against the back of the seat . |
| 20 | He was banging his head on the post and shouting . |
| 21 | The club was announcing its Brain of the Year for 1991 . |
| 22 | I WENT to see Joe Johnson this week because I was fascinated to find out how he was rebuilding his career after the heart attack last year which threatened to stop him playing . |
| 23 | In the parallel line of the submissive , a pretty , dark girl of about twenty was emptying her handbag on the instructions of a uniformed harridan . |
| 24 | It is generally assumed first , that this ‘ ceremonial recognition of his son as king in his own lifetime was something new ’ ( although Aethelred of Mercia , for example , is said to have appointed Coenred as his heir ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 57 ) , second , that it was the first royal anointing in England ( though reservations have been expressed as to whether Ecgfrith was anointed or , if he was , whether he was the first ) , and , third , that Offa was basing his action on the recent papal consecration in 781 of the Frankish princes , Pippin and Louis , sons of Charlemagne ( though Byzantine precedents are also possible ) . |
| 25 | Apparently at this particular time there was a considerable amount of traffic on the road in question and traffic from one direction had halted in order to allow that the young girl and her friend to cross the road they began to cross on the zebra crossing but , as she reached the centre of the road Mrs was driving her vehicle in the opposite direction and she failed to stop the young girl , in her teens , was unable to take , avoiding acci action and she was knocked down as she crossed the road . |
| 26 | Vanguard was breaking up and its supporters were either rejoining the Unionist Party or moving to Paisley 's DUP , which was consolidating its position as the more militant and more populist loyalist party . |
| 27 | ‘ But he knew I was pledging my honour to the king 's peace . |
| 28 | By his death , the membership had doubled , the MCC was developing its role as the judicious lawgiver of the game , and there were many more cleaner-cut fixtures , with schools and the universities , for example . |
| 29 | A decrepit old man , supported by a young boy in a huge coolie hat , was tapping his way down the alley , patterned robes trailing in the rainwater . |
| 30 | I was filling my pipe in the hall . |