Example sentences of "[noun] were [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not actually remember herself as talking the whole of the time — could there have been silent passages when the words were only reeling through her mind ? |
| 2 | The words were merely describing what the book was about . |
| 3 | Her sweet words were still echoing in his ears as he came slowly back to reality . |
| 4 | Just before breakfast I had had a phone call from Ken Billings , one of our best farmers , and his words were still echoing in my head . |
| 5 | He added that in Sweden salmonella had been eradicated from poultry by vaccination but cases of food poisoning were still increasing . |
| 6 | In the bedroom cupboard the man 's shirt and woman 's skirt were still swinging . |
| 7 | The opposition were loyally supporting the Government , but were also pressing for a definitive statement . |
| 8 | The last reverberations of the gong were still vibrating on the still air when a door down the corridor burst open and young girl raced out onto the landing , heading for the stairs . |
| 9 | RUNCORN fans were tonight sitting down with club officials at Canal Street in what chairman Dave Robinson described as a ‘ clear the air meeting . ’ |
| 10 | Almost immediately referee , Paul Taylor blew his whistle , the poor Portsmouth fans made their sad way home to the south coast , the players with heads drooped , left the field and many of the United fans were already leaving the ground in the crowd of five hundred five thousand , two hundred and twenty six when Andy Melville scored that vital goal which gave United three very important League points . |
| 11 | The Oxford fans were still cheering their goal when Liam 0 Brien all but broke the net . |
| 12 | SEVEN Newcastle United fans were still recovering in hospital last night after a double fatal accident on the A66 trans-Pennine road . |
| 13 | The Cliftonville players and fans were still celebrating when Irvine spotted the raised flag of a linesman and cut their party short . |
| 14 | Nevertheless the political and diplomatic links which bound her to the rest of the continent were slowly multiplying and becoming stronger . |
| 15 | I felt the hairs stand on my head ; my legs were fast emptying . |
| 16 | Ruth 's legs were soon aching with climbing steps , only to turn and descend another staircase in the opposite direction . |
| 17 | She found that her legs were suddenly shaking — a combination of anger , weariness and apprehension . |
| 18 | Her legs were still trembling but she was pulling herself together as quickly as she could and she had to admit that his quiet actions helped . |
| 19 | Sometimes they were to be found in a corner , solemnly talking to a rather battered doll whose arms and legs were always popping off , waiting to be clipped on by a passing ‘ brother ’ who was inevitably obliging . |
| 20 | PLO leaders in Tunis were now studying it , a Palestinian source said . |
| 21 | Some medium-sized schools had shifted to a three-tier model , while some large schools were still operating a rather unsatisfactory and somewhat stressed version of Type 2 or even Type 1 . |
| 22 | Around 70pc of lambs were sold through the auction and the big meat exporters were now buying in the markets as well as the big supermarkets . |
| 23 | Many of the leaders of the industry were already earning salaries of £4000 — £6000 per annum and in the larger companies they could earn more . |
| 24 | Vyacheslav Antonov , a senior official of the central press agency , Soyuzpechat , claimed yesterday that readers were merely becoming more discerning , after having snapped up everything on offer in the initial heady flush of press freedom . |
| 25 | India and Pakistan were hotly disputing ownership of the 1,500-mile Indus River in 1968 when he announced the UN-sponsored Indus Basin project to share water supplies for new power stations . |
| 26 | In April reports appeared that both the superpowers and Pakistan were actively promoting the idea of including Zahir Shah , the exiled former monarch , in a future coalition government in Kabul , although the mujahidin alliance were split on the issue . |
| 27 | Troopers of the rearguard were already falling back in reasonable order . |
| 28 | Foreign offices were also growing larger , though , like the diplomatic services they controlled , only gradually . |
| 29 | Dexter noticed that white hairs were even bristling from his ears and above the line on his cheeks where he shaved . |
| 30 | Like the sand under Argyle Street where the new subway ran down to the river , the fortunes of the future were already shifting . |