Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Your father did n't die for Ireland , " Katherine snapped , silencing him , and even as the words were tumbling out , she was regretting them . |
| 2 | Before she knew what she was going to say , the words were tumbling out , tripping over each other in her nervousness . |
| 3 | But he did not finish the all-but-spoken thought , for the words were sending back an echo from his own pages , the ones now in the hands of his agent . |
| 4 | She looked up into those eyes , suddenly as deep and soft as velvet , aware that his words were spinning shapelessly in her head . |
| 5 | The words were rushing out and Emily realized with surprise that she was actually nervous of this composed young woman standing before her . |
| 6 | ‘ Mummy said I need n't bring it back , as it was old and the twigs were coming out of it . ’ |
| 7 | Men in forage caps were milling around below in the courtyard , their voices and footsteps resounding throughout the building . |
| 8 | I also remember being extremely ashamed at some of the racist chants the Leeds fans were coming out with that night . |
| 9 | His legs were trembling so that his hands would n't keep still . |
| 10 | Its back legs were straining furiously and its face wore a fixed and glassy expression . |
| 11 | Mrs Fellows consulted her General Practitioner 8 months ago after noticing that the veins in both legs were becoming increasingly prominent , her legs ached and her ankles became swollen . |
| 12 | I could hardly breathe by the time I got there ; my chest felt as if it was bursting and my throat was clenched tight and my legs were quivering again . |
| 13 | Sir Henry 's legs were shaking so much from his terrible experience that he could not stand . |
| 14 | But Bobbie could n't move because her legs were shaking too much . |
| 15 | When he got close enough they saw that its hind legs were twitching feebly . |
| 16 | Nicholas and Uvarov flattered themselves , however , if they believed that the western provinces were becoming less intractable than the Congress Kingdom . |
| 17 | At last we arrived at his car , where several other walkers were hanging around looking dolefully along the road . |
| 18 | erm and the North Koreans were going backwards at a vast rate of knots and in came the Chinese the Chinese army , it stood at that time I think at twenty five million men erm and , and Douglas started losing again , sad really is n't it ? |
| 19 | Elsewhere , however , other styles were taking over . |
| 20 | But nationalist styles were springing up everywhere . |
| 21 | The casualty lists were growing longer and longer . |
| 22 | Admittedly there were signs in the late 1980s that this pattern was breaking down , if only because both superpowers were becoming too weak economically to maintain their former roles , and because the model of a world divided by the October Revolution had little relation to the realities of the late 20th century . |
| 23 | Well I mean one of the women I spoke to that I mentioned in that piece felt strongly that schools were laying too much on children in terms of taking responsibility for how the world is , and she erm mentioned in particular erm the kind of ecological issues that lots of schools and teachers are taking up now and erm children are becoming involved in projects for , you know , recycle this that and the other and there 's a book , is n't there , ‘ The Children 's Green Guide ’ or something . |
| 24 | All in all , there was little to demonstrate that those who managed schools were working very closely together . |
| 25 | The signals were flashing furiously ; was this the breakthrough she was after ? |
| 26 | A British Rail spokesman said they had an eye-witness who confirmed the warning signals were working properly . |
| 27 | Henry McLeish , shadow Scottish industry spokesman , said that while Scottish exporters were doing well , there was a need for an industrial strategy to support them involving partnership between government and industry . |
| 28 | The tentacles were sliding closer to her . |
| 29 | Readers were settling down to the novel 's opening instalment — not a venture to be recommended for ‘ people with weak nerves ’ remarked Strakhov , the gifted critic — when a murder story broke in the newspapers . |
| 30 | Small cranes were dragging out or depositing bales , barrels , chests and huge leather bags . |