Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He added that in Sweden salmonella had been eradicated from poultry by vaccination but cases of food poisoning were still increasing . |
| 2 | In the bedroom cupboard the man 's shirt and woman 's skirt were still swinging . |
| 3 | The opposition were loyally supporting the Government , but were also pressing for a definitive statement . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Nevertheless the political and diplomatic links which bound her to the rest of the continent were slowly multiplying and becoming stronger . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Troopers of the rearguard were already falling back in reasonable order . |
| 8 | Like the sand under Argyle Street where the new subway ran down to the river , the fortunes of the future were already shifting . |
| 9 | In a general sense the evidence examined in Chapter 2 ( that in many parts of the world , soil erosion , floods , soil degradation and deforestation were probably getting worse ) could be used in a crude sense to show that conservation policies have not succeeded . |
| 10 | Ruth looked like a radish , as if her blood were slowly boiling . |
| 11 | Actually , the Blox were furtively retrieving a windsurfer sail they had tied to the anchor chain with an injudiciously big bowline , allowing the sail to sink into some 40 feet of water . |
| 12 | Patients who had repeated 24 hours pH monitoring at the second stage of the study were still taking omeprazole 40 mg/day but all other drugs were withheld for at least 48 hours beforehand . |
| 13 | DETECTIVES investigating an alleged attack on two prisoners found unconscious in their cell were yesterday working on the theory they had been fighting each other . |
| 14 | she said cos she were talking , she knew tape were still running and she were pretending to say that she did n't say I could do it but she did |
| 15 | Moreover , with a politically more secure government and fewer power cuts ( the benefits of new investment were gradually coming through ) , the threat of public exposure could not be as effectively used by the Boards against Whitehall , though the mandarins remained for a time concerned that Citrine was aiming at such an anti-government campaign . |
| 16 | Police divers drafted in from neighbouring Thames Valley force were yesterday searching an outdoor swimming pool and nearby pond . |
| 17 | The surface was constantly moving , as if some unseen force were continually hurling large rocks into the water at the quayside . |
| 18 | Two men who had come in to quaff down great glasses of cidre were now returning to their scythes in a field opposite , to join a line of sodden reapers there . |
| 19 | At the same time , between 12 and 14 IRA men selected to make the escape attempt were apparently preparing to blast an inside gate with some of the smuggled Semtex . |
| 20 | ( Cassettes of the album were already filtering into the higher regions of the music press ) . |
| 21 | It was an affectionate family , but its warmth and devout High Anglicanism were occasionally constricting for Hopkins . |
| 22 | Into this gap were now marching 20,000 highly trained men in five columns — the counter-attacking BEF and left-wing formations of the French Fifth Army , under its new commander General Franchet d'Espèrey . |
| 23 | At a time when standards of living were rapidly rising at home , our goods abroad , manufactured with the disproportionate vulnerability of too many man-hours at high wage rates , became unattractively priced . |
| 24 | At the far side we used Hafpor 's truck to speed-check us , and in the light wind were easily making 45kph . |
| 25 | It rarely blinked , but sometimes the lids would close and then reopen , as if consciousness were slowly drifting away . |
| 26 | Yet to do this was proving increasingly expensive , for articles of luxury were fast rising in price . |
| 27 | Law arrived at Torino when the club were desperately trying to recapture their status as one of Italy 's major clubs . |
| 28 | The cheapest rate I came across was right down at the southern tip of the country where Invercargill 's Southland Aero Club were virtually giving a Tomahawk away for NZ$80 per hour solo ( £24.25 ) . |
| 29 | Small but dangerously exciting trickles of pleasure were still winging their way through her virtually defenceless body . |
| 30 | Down on the beach , the Big Wheel was still going round , its elegant shape picked out against the blackness of sea and sky by coloured lights , fixed at intervals , along its slender struts . |