Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GRANDMOTHER Phyllis O'Riley was cooking up a special present for herself last night after scooping the £10,000 jackpot on Mirror Bingo . |
| 2 | In the east his men were in position , awaiting only his order to attack the Plantations , while to the west he was building up a new shape seeking new allies among the elite of City North America . |
| 3 | He said the princess was building up a separate Kensington Palace court and international platform for herself , predicting : ‘ We will see the phoenix princess arising from the ashes of this whole crumbling mess of the monarchy . |
| 4 | Martha was building up a vast resource that was enabling her to ask and to tell , to hear and to enjoy . |
| 5 | ‘ We believed the rumour on Tuesday that British Aerospace was building up a big shareholding but we are not so sure now , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 6 | Through the Youth Organisation he was building up an alternative body of supporters , notably K.A . |
| 7 | Back at his hotel room , he was bringing in an odd collection of characters , presumably off the street , to use as models : a porter , a snow shoveller , old women , a soldier , various working men . |
| 8 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 9 | ’ He sounded quite excited and Folly found herself smiling at the way his dramatic gesture was bringing out the little boy in someone as sophisticated as Luke . |
| 10 | Therefore , in 1905 , she set up a British section of the International Association for Labour Legislation , and soon , with the help of volunteer translators , was bringing out an English edition of its French and German Bulletin . |
| 11 | There was a significant improvement on the other side of the viaduct , a Victorian class divide that had survived the years , and within two blocks he was walking down a tree-lined avenue composed of tall , detached houses set back from the road behind fair-sized gardens . |
| 12 | Evening had begun to settle down , and he was walking along a narrow path of dry grass , towards the buildings . |
| 13 | I then asked her to imagine that she was walking along a familiar street in her own neighbourhood . |
| 14 | He was walking along a quiet street when gunmen shot him several times in the head . |
| 15 | The Constable was walking along a busy thoroughfare when a crowd assembled owing to the breakdown of a motor car . |
| 16 | A friend of mine recalls an occasion in her childhood , as she was walking along an ancient path , when she heard the sound of thunder from the ground : none of the friends she was with heard anything . |
| 17 | The horrific attack happened in Middlesbrough as the victim was walking along an unlit path . |
| 18 | It was dark and I was walking along an unmade road alone . |
| 19 | I was ambling down a calm King 's Road to my bus stop outside Peter Jones , almost opposite the flat where Percy Grainger lived , and bought a packet of five Players cigarettes from what was then a seedy little newsagent and tobacconist . |
| 20 | At least you 're sure it was n't me , I was knocking off a few fish at the same time , remember ? ’ |
| 21 | As Hennessy was opening up the grey lockers at the end of the room , Donaldson spelt Bobo again . |
| 22 | He was wiring up the main hatch above the hold , in such a way that showed he was certainly not an electrician by trade , with the intention of giving a mild electric shock to anyone who might try to get into it . |
| 23 | While Mr Stych was canoeing back down a tributary of the Mackenzie– already dangerous with chunks of ice , to an appointment with a helicopter , Mr Frizzell was trying on his last year 's brocade waistcoat and finding it too small ; Mr MacDonald , Ian 's father , was winding up a trying compensation case for his insurance company at Vermilion ; and Mr MacDonald ( oil ) was trying to explain to his superiors in Sarnia , Ontario , why he must be back in a place like Tollemarche by the middle of December . |
| 24 | ‘ Well if it comes to that I do n't exactly trust the dear boy myself ’ she had remarked to her mother who was winding up a short visit en route to stay with some Canadian cousins . |
| 25 | Next morning I was driving down the single village street when I saw Mrs Bailes coming out of the shop . |
| 26 | Suddenly I was climbing up the long ladder of the North pier , the rucksack being roped afterwards . |
| 27 | One of the men was passing round a big china bowl into which money was being thrown , and as Sabine watched Marie-Christine began , with raucous and vociferous encouragement from the men , to lift her skirt demurely and reveal more and more of one shapely leg . |
| 28 | She was eyeing up a potential couple . |
| 29 | The fact that this singular , somewhat oppressive female was seeking out a religious man seemed absurd . |
| 30 | She was having to repeat herself , and even then Lucy was picking up the wrong costume or completely mistaking what had been said . |