Example sentences of "[vb past] [was/were] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the women he raped and assaulted were trusting enough to accept one glass of wine from him ? |
| 2 | Drivers from the taxi firm WTN used were arriving all the time with equipment , food and people . |
| 3 | In 1991 research in Strathclyde showed that over 49 per cent of children surveyed were working illegal hours and that 26 out of 65 children were working in prohibited environments or illegal jobs . |
| 4 | The ban aimed at eliminating the ivory market , which many conservationists believed was fuelling widespread poaching which reduced Africa 's elephant population from an estimated 1.2 million to 609,000 in the last decade . |
| 5 | UK Environment Minister David Trippier , speaking to UNEP 's governing council in Nairobi , criticized other European countries for failing to provide adequate support , which he claimed was jeopardizing key UNEP work on global warming and the ozone layer . |
| 6 | He braked but could not avoid the pedestrian whom he thought was wearing dark clothing . |
| 7 | Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) : ‘ We 're not Art specialists … we need to have an explanation of Art staff expectations in terms of the nature of the tasks set and the quality of the final output … the class I saw was practising observational skills for homework … limited to the use of pencil . ’ |
| 8 | The woman who died was driving this pick-up truck when it hit an ambulance travelling in the opposite direction along the A417 , half a mile out of Cirencester . |
| 9 | Marie made a conscious effort to close her mouth , which she knew was hanging open . |
| 10 | Twenty of the 50 garages checked were giving sub-standard tests , using poor equipment , lax testing procedures or passing cars in a dangerous condition . |
| 11 | Described as " red patriots " the group had only eight deputies in the Supreme Soviet , but observers noted that the ideas which it promoted were gathering increasing support in Russia . |
| 12 | We ate so much of it , it was so marvellous , that we hardly wanted the sausage and the ham , noticed only in passing that the wine was n't up to much , and that the eggs in the omelette which presently appeared were spanking fresh and buttercup yellow — in the French countryside one takes that for granted . |
| 13 | Nothing she damaged was making any difference . |
| 14 | The strikers had defied a decree issued by President Azcona on Oct. 8 to end the strike , which he said was causing irreparable damage to the economy . |
| 15 | The only worry Mum ever had was getting enough to go round . |
| 16 | It became obvious as the system model was expanded to activity and then information level that the volume of data produced was becoming impossible to handle and comprehend using manual methods only . |