Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Stein was never going to win ; but his constant carping during the summer about the shortcomings of City Hall might have weakened Mr Dinkins ahead of the autumn fight . |
| 2 | As he began to profess they were ‘ really just good friends ’ , Kylie was strangely sticking to her guns . |
| 3 | Yet as her Five Star lifestyle moved further and further away from the modest suburban existence of Surrey Hills , Melbourne , Kylie was also learning another lesson . |
| 4 | But it was the gruelling work schedule Kylie was now working which placed the greatest strain according to friends . |
| 5 | But a year after that home-made PWL mini movie , featuring her hits , ‘ The Locomotion ’ , ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ , ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ , and ‘ Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi ’ , for her devotees to play in their homes , Kylie was really considering a major career move if everything went wrong . |
| 6 | The demanding schedule of a soap meant that Kylie was often working 12 hours a day and spending what little time she had left in the evening reading her script . |
| 7 | Jeff was obviously calling from a public place . |
| 8 | At a time when Portugal was still living under a dictatorship in which homespun nationalist values were lauded , she was criticised for lavishing large budgets on a series of international music festivals . |
| 9 | It was a very small company — only 23 employees — and my brother Neil was already working there . |
| 10 | She was now seated on the ground , propped up against the wall of one of the grimy tenements they had been passing ; someone had brought water , and Dr Neil was gently wiping her face with his damp handkerchief . |
| 11 | I wish Marie was still cutting my hair . |
| 12 | Although I insisted to the referee that the goal should stand because I had sent Pahdra on as substitute , the ref was not fooled , especially as Mr Singh was still wearing his dufflecoat and brogues . |
| 13 | Travelling with Dennis was hardly going to be a delight , but it would be worth it . |
| 14 | Eleanor was nearly throwing up today |
| 15 | Eleanor was just coming out of Mrs Foster 's shop . |
| 16 | Donna was already opening the second envelope . |
| 17 | In the spring of 1907 , when he began the preparatory sketches for the Demoiselles , Picasso was already establishing his reputation as one of the most outstanding of the younger figures in contemporary French painting . |
| 18 | He would have ducked inside — he was in his working clothes with not even a stud to his shirt — ; but Meredith was already calling out a greeting and advancing towards him . |
| 19 | Yesterday , serene as ever , Eric Clapton was there lunching with his photographer pal Terry O'Neill . |
| 20 | Seconds later , when the Plymouth came screaming around the bend , Manville was safely observing it from the inside of a record store window . |
| 21 | This agreement was the most substantive evidence yet that Gorbachev was now seeking to build a coalition of centre and left-wing forces . |
| 22 | Western observers commented that Gorbachev was apparently looking to religion to help provide the spiritual renewal which he saw as an essential part of perestroika . |
| 23 | Across on Platform 2 , the train from Paddington was just pulling in ; and passengers were already beginning to stream across the new pedestrian bridge as Morse and Lewis first ascended , then descended the steps , darting challenging looks around them as they dodged their way through the bustling contra-flow . |
| 24 | ‘ Abd al-Karim was still recovering from serious gunshot wounds sustained during the Iraqi occupation . |
| 25 | This continuous movement was , of course , typical of bourrées and gavottes , and perhaps Bach was simply following a convention ; none the less , the result it not very distinguished . |
| 26 | One indication that Richard was still maintaining a more aggressive attitude than his father lies in the fact that when the constable of Gisors killed a French knight in a skirmish which occurred after the truce had been made he thought it wiser to take refuge with Richard . |
| 27 | Maurice , an amiable young man , had realised as soon as he came to the Reach that Richard was always going to do this and that he himself would accordingly be known as Dondeschiepolschuygen IV which was inscribed in gilt lettering on his bows . |
| 28 | Kathleen was just lowering the end over the bucket when Jerry coughed and shot the entire contents of his stomach across the room — and all over her . |
| 29 | Kathleen was just releasing the cuff . |
| 30 | By 1850 , Abel was still assisting at the college , whereas Mansfield was preparing his naphtha fractions elsewhere and was eagerly looking for socially useful outlets for his products . |