Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst Robert Legg Snr and his cronies were enjoying a short-lived grandeur within the ill-fated United Company of Undertakers , the Upholders ’ Company continued to support those members who furnished funerals as part of their everyday trade , though their list of admissions does not identify persons trading as coffin-makers or undertakers though they did admit upholders and mercers , who included funeral furnishing as a sideline to their main trade . |
| 2 | By the latter half of the century , the majority of books on child care — which were enjoying a tremendous popularity — strongly recommended breast-feeding and described it as the normal practice ( Fildes 1980 ) . |
| 3 | I wandered along the sandy beach and saw just how mums and dads with kiddies and gran and grandad too , were enjoying a REAL family holiday in the sun . |
| 4 | On 30 June 1989 , Captain Knowles and Warrant Officer Fowles were visiting the Army 's transit training camp at Scarborough to ensure that 35 Signal Regiment ( V ) from London on their annual summer training camp were enjoying a satisfactory standard of catering . |
| 5 | Attention would only be conditionally offered to Ollie if Stan was in the room , and if the family were enjoying a quiet cuddle with Stan , he would have to be rejected in favour of Ollie if he appeared . |
| 6 | ‘ The chances are a thousand to one that you might stay here for ten seasons and never see a boatman in a hurry , ’ quoted Sir Thomas loudly to his brood , waving a lordly hand towards William and Joe who were enjoying a quiet chew of tobacco at the end of the pier . |
| 7 | At the same time both the Constituency Labour Parties and the Labour League of Youth were enjoying a rapid increase in membership and many of their new recruits were more interested in what was happening in Europe than in the traditional problems of unemployment and labour conditions . |
| 8 | After the business of the day and the more important business of the evening meal , the inhabitants of Roziac were enjoying a few hours of leisure in the open air . |
| 9 | The bar room was warm and inviting as always , and just enough people to be comfortable were enjoying the cosy environment . |
| 10 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |
| 11 | In the schools , French became a compulsory language at the very moment when Arab nationalists were enjoying the linguistic triumph of Arabic over the Turkish of the now broken Ottoman Empire , a victory which had important political implications for the concept of Arab unity . |
| 12 | Ed and Johnny were enjoying an unimaginative platter of boiled sprouts . |
| 13 | Potatoes were enjoying an unprecedented popularity amongst all classes of society ; in the houses of the aristocracy they were being marinaded in champagne , poached in wine and decorated with truffles . |
| 14 | Today my brother and I were catching the 7.00 am aeroplane from Newcastle to Corfu . |
| 15 | We were seeing a steady growth in fee income of around 15% in the Newport office , and when we made the decision to move , there was n't a single indicator that we might see a downturn . |
| 16 | The planetary governor , Lord Voronov-Vaux , and his entourage were seeing the victorious Harq Obispal off with a fanfare . |
| 17 | But the demands of a growing membership were outstripping the voluntary nature of the Campaign . |
| 18 | The elder Pinney , owner of the largest sugar plantations in Nevis , would certainly have been less pliable had he realized that his sons were allowing the new tenants to have Racedown rent-free ; but in the event he quickly warmed to the young poet , and welcomed him as a guest to the family 's town house in Bristol during the autumn of 1795 , the period which first brought Wordsworth into contact with both Coleridge and Southey.7sup18 ; |
| 19 | However , the basic grammatical distinctions here are the categories of first , second and third person , If we were producing a Componential analysis ( for which see Lyons , 1968 : 470-81 ) of Pronominal systems , the features that we seem to need for the known systems would crucially include : for first person , speaker inclusion ( + 5 ) ; for second person , addressee inclusion ( + A ) ; and for third Person , speaker and addressee exclusion ( - S , A ) ( see Burling , 1970 : 14-17 ; Ingram , 1978 ) . |
| 20 | By 1500 BC , the metal workers of Crete were producing a large range of cooking and storage utensils , including some large cauldrons made by riveting together several bronze sheets : some fine examples were found at Tylissos . |
| 21 | He was asked by the Production Manager , J D Pearson , to redesign any part of the engine where the unskilled and semi-skilled staff were producing a high proportion of scrap . |
| 22 | We were producing an annual report |
| 23 | But a spokesman for the club said many enthusiasts believed politicians were targeting the wrong people . |
| 24 | Only in October , the Japanese were organizing a pro-drift net lobby [ see ED 52 ] . |
| 25 | ‘ We were fencing a new corral today . |
| 26 | His funeral was held at Our Lady and St Josephs at his wife Kerry 's request because the parish priest , Father Peter Burke , was a friend of the couple , who met on a trip to the French shrine of Lourdes where they were helping the sick . |
| 27 | And out of the disorder of the mangled metal work comes a process as flowing and systematic as if it were building a pristine model from scratch . |
| 28 | We thought we were building a new Jerusalem , but these people seem hell bent on destroying Babylon . |
| 29 | Well the er point I 'd like to make is that as of last Saturday the er , erm , the Soviets were building a new submarine every forty days , they 're spending thirty five percent of the G N P . |
| 30 | I mean honestly you 'd have thought they were building a ruddy house there would n't you ? |