Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And there I was wondering why you were smelling like a — like a … ’ |
| 2 | By the second century B.C. they were experimenting with a volcanic earth found near Vesuvius and named pozzolana after the town of Pozzuoli there . |
| 3 | Suddenly they met burnt chip contamination and had to shut down the production line , a major anxiety as they were producing to a tight schedule in a ‘ Just in time ’ situation . |
| 4 | There was pressure from the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , for Mr Smith to declare firmly which way the Labour Party would be voting when the bill came up for its third reading , which many of the rebels were targeting for a full-scale revolt . |
| 5 | By now I was talking and singing on automatic pilot whilst my heart and brain were thudding with a heady mixture of adrenalin . |
| 6 | Believing Gorbachev 's policies were deviating from a number of fundamental Marxist principles , a group of members formed the Marxist Platform of the CPSU shortly before the selection of delegates to the 28th Congress of the CPSU . |
| 7 | ‘ That week orchestras around the world programmed the Adagietto as an elegy to Lenny 's memory , ’ Kaplan recalls , ‘ and while the precedent had been set by Bernstein himself [ he had conducted the movement at a memorial service for Koussevitzky and later at the funeral of US Senator Robert Kennedy ] , I was afraid that these ultra-slow , sad performances were helping to a trend into a false tradition . ’ |
| 8 | Investigations came hot on the heels of the new sound and realistic films and by the time of The Public Enemy and Scarface things were building to a crescendo . |
| 9 | At the same time , events across the North Sea were building to a crisis . |
| 10 | This reflected the nature of the environment , the local pride of the individual Australian colonies , and the awareness of the railway builders and architects that they were building for a grander , though then unrealized , future . |
| 11 | Although those terrifying Latin countries were building in a classical style by then , England preferred her own flights of fancy . |
| 12 | His swollen upper lip felt enormous and stiff , as though he were recovering from a dental injection . |
| 13 | He indicated the fishing boat in the foreground , where the fishermen were struggling with a mass of unfurled canvas . |
| 14 | Folly felt as if she were struggling against a tide . |
| 15 | She looked as if she were drowning in a goldfish tank . |
| 16 | Claudia felt as if she were drowning in a pool of conflicting emotions ; the last thing she wanted was to go anywhere with Roman and yet the thought of being with him for a little while longer filled her with delight . |
| 17 | It is wise to remember that these men were competing at a time when the black presence was of only tiny significance . |
| 18 | In any case , by the beginning of the eighteenth century the native peoples were competing with a rapidly growing contingent of Russians in their midst : about 100,000 in 1701 , increasing to some 700,000 in 1720 . |
| 19 | We ran the race as if we were competing in a 100 metres , charging full tilt at the bends . |
| 20 | Well , the two weeks were drawing to a close and we rounded the point of Sørkapp ( South Cape ) and headed back towards Longyearbyen . |
| 21 | A group of us were eating in a restaurant at a big hotel off the Strand a couple of years ago . |
| 22 | Devastated as she was by the news of Liz and Owen 's terrible accident — and the knowledge that their lives were hanging by a thread — she was also feeling dazed and stunned at her husband 's dramatic reappearance in her life . |
| 23 | The mosquitoes were hanging like a cloud over us . |
| 24 | They had climbed hard all afternoon , and shortly before seven o'clock , with the sky softening towards apricot , were resting on a rocky outcrop . |
| 25 | Her feet were resting on a small , aluminium step-ladder . |
| 26 | Her feet were resting on a step-ladder . |
| 27 | Er much to everybody 's fear , really , because we , we , we were stepping into a new area , you can imagine from , from wires to something with no wires , and the risk of that failing , but , but it worked and er from thereon , of course most Fire Brigades have taken on the task and , and er are now on radio contact of this kind . |
| 28 | He had some troublesome followers who were clamouring for a positive policy without being able to suggest one . |
| 29 | The first bright green leaves were unfolding in a hawthorn hedge beneath which a pair of blackbirds flirted and ‘ chooked ’ . |
| 30 | THE explorers Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr Michael Stroud were tucking into a hearty breakfast of eggs yesterday after being airlifted to safety from the icy wastes of the Antarctic . |