Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early morning planes were heard passing over in the mist and the rain . |
| 2 | Fist fights at the team 's base camp at Dunblane Hydro , a bender in Perth where two players were caught pissing up a close next to the town 's ‘ Shanghai Takeaway ’ , a euphoric send-off at Hampden Park , followed by defeat against Peru , a disgraceful match with Iran , a drug scandal and a piece of eleventh-hour magic which nearly overwhelmed the beaten finalists Holland . |
| 3 | John Aitken , prosecuting , said two youths , one of them Appleton , were seen going in and out of Mrs Foster 's home by neighbours in the early hours . |
| 4 | ‘ You were seen walking up St Giles ’ towards North Oxford , just after lunch yesterday . |
| 5 | However quickly he may have acted , the actual taking of the handbag must have taken more time than seems to have been available — since Eddie Stratton and Shirley Brown were seen walking out of The Randolph almost immediately , if the evidence of at least two of you here is to be believed , the evidence of Mr Brown and Mrs Roscoe . |
| 6 | This was a land where the pursuit of illusion possessed the artists ; where awkward tries at perspective were made , and revellers in scenes of feasting were shown sitting up on one elbow , on daybeds with legs disposed for the first time in recession . |
| 7 | His high-fliers were brought crashing back to earth by a 3-0 Tranmere victory , however . |
| 8 | The mornings of Sunday and Monday were spent setting up the arena , putting in some dance and fight practice , and generally preparing for the show before the pre-show meeting . |
| 9 | Hours were spent paddling around in the dark on the Suez Canal until they believed they had mastered handling of the inflatables . |
| 10 | It 's a long time since Donegal were found wanting in so many key areas . |
| 11 | So this was done , and on the very next day fine grapes were found hanging on the youngest brother 's vine . |
| 12 | Of course , not all punishments were taken lying down . |
| 13 | Fires were started and there was looting after not guilty verdicts were pronounced on four white policemen who were filmed beating up a black man . |
| 14 | The defendants were spotted walking back home by police a short while later . |
| 15 | We were left hanging out to dry ! ’ |
| 16 | The most common complaint , however , was that the projects were n't working ; results had n't turned out as hoped , essential equipment had proved faulty ( or in some eases had n't arrived ) and students were left writing up why their project had n't worked out . |
| 17 | I saw him when we got picked up off the I mean it was half a lifeboat we were left sitting on . |
| 18 | The figures are left in the orange colour of the clay , the background painted in round them in the shiny black : a purely decorative variation ; and it has been plausibly suggested that the strange ‘ negative ’ idea was inspired by the custom of washing the background of marble reliefs with a blue or red against which the mainly white figures were left standing out . |
| 19 | Temporary agreements were signed setting up councils of heads of state and of heads of government . |
| 20 | More than twenty children were killed bringing in that first wartime crop of 1914 . |
| 21 | The Committee to Protect Journalists ( CPJ ) has reported that more journalists were killed carrying out their professional duties in 1991 than in any other year since the formation of the committee ten years ago . |
| 22 | Mainz Cathedral is immense and was altered in later periods when the crossing towers were rebuilt in different styles and houses were constructed abutting on to and becoming part of the cathedral flanks . |
| 23 | Then a car was heard pulling up at the gate ; either the bridal car or their uncle had come . |
| 24 | Mr Grainger claims his 13-year-old son James was punched in the chest when he was caught larking about . |
| 25 | Mr Grainger claims his 13-year-old son James was punched in the chest when he was caught larking about in lessons . |
| 26 | I just wanted a reason for having been out , in case I was caught coming back . ’ |
| 27 | It was , of course , by far a situation too good to last and in time , gazing down the glen , a solitary figure was spied struggling up the brae — without a kit-bag — the WAAFs identified their squadron officer ( known as Belladonna ) apparently about to make her first call on her troops in the wild , I was never able at first hand to witness this airmen 's paradise but it is a story that passed the rounds at Kinloss . |
| 28 | Anthony — the ‘ h ’ is n't silent , you have to lisp it — from The Chili Peppers was seen hobbling around on crutches today . |
| 29 | Circumstantial evidence may include that the defendant was the only person with the car keys ; he was seen getting out of the vehicle ; he was seen going towards or getting in the vehicle and/or he said he was going to drive the vehicle . |
| 30 | A woman with a blond plait was seen getting out of a car with a man near the canal upstream of Sharpness . |