Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wooden beams and ceiling were crackling in the extreme heat . |
| 2 | Within minutes , five or six men had taken off their shoes , rolled up their trousers and were wading in the icy water . |
| 3 | Intercontinent were assisting in the formation of Hindustan Aircraft in India , and an assembly line for the PC-5A was set-up there . |
| 4 | They were assisting in the birth of government as the modem world has known it . |
| 5 | And , according to the radio , doves were cooing in the Kremlin . |
| 6 | No doubt there were also older men who were farming in the township , but most farms were smallholdings and their occupants were usually described by their craft names . |
| 7 | Yanto laughed as he realised his shoulders were covered with fish scales which were flashing in the dim light of the oil lamp . |
| 8 | And so , er , when th the reapers were gathering in the harvest they were not allowed to go right to the edge of the field , they had to leave a border , they were not to go right into the corners , they were to leave those areas , so that the poorer members , so that those who did not have could come and could gather what was left behind . |
| 9 | The weather was changing : blue-black clouds were building in the south-east and , as Wycliffe arrived at the back of the Garlands ' shop , they obscured the sun . |
| 10 | Those who were safely beached on the shore of prosperity had the option of giving the credit to Providence , or arrogating it to themselves ; as they regarded those less fortunate ones who were struggling in the water , they could see them as victims of their own improvidence or of God 's ineluctable decree . |
| 11 | In the Talmud , and therefore dating from the very early centuries of the Common Era , there is the following comment on the Exodus story of the crossing of the Sea : ‘ When the Egyptian hosts were drowning in the Red Sea , ’ say the rabbis , ‘ the angels in heaven were about to break forth into songs of jubilation . |
| 12 | While the rest of the European team were competing in the Lancome in Paris the Welshman was finishing second in the Sapporo Open in Tokyo . |
| 13 | Down the road at the Gloucester leisure centre it was a weekend for table tennis fans … over 300 players were competing in the Cotswold Junior championships … the boys title went to Surrey … the girls to Yorkshire but local boy Ray Powell raised the roof by fighting his way through to the semi-finals |
| 14 | The men , who were uninjured , were competing in the Isle of Man Midnight Race , an annual event organised by Tranmere Sailing Club , Birkenhead , Wirral . |
| 15 | The men , who were uninjured , were competing in the Isle of Man Midnight Race , an annual event organised by Tranmere Sailing Club of Birkenhead , Wirral . |
| 16 | Newcastle were handicapped by the absence of David Bargh and Mark Thorpe , who were competing in the World Pairs semi-finals in Germany . |
| 17 | Only when a significant amount of food preparation moved from the home to food factories and when people became considerably more interested in what they were eating in the 1960s was there pressure to have more informative labels . |
| 18 | Older brothers and sisters were eating in the playroom , supervised by Monika , a trainee teacher from Salzburg . |
| 19 | The pelts of five were hanging in the kitchens , drying out , the scant meat of the foxes gone into a stew — a special meal to celebrate . |
| 20 | Birds were singing in the garden trees . |
| 21 | When the clerks of his royal chapel were singing in the choir , he would often walk among them , urging them with voice and hand to sing with greater gusto . |
| 22 | Amid the rumble of the traffic , birds were singing in the trees of Bedford Square . |
| 23 | Then the dome was echoing with the last anthem : she was walking out into the September sunshine on João 's arm ; the crowds were cheering in the streets , gasping at the splendour of her dress and showering her with flowers and petals . |
| 24 | The bells were clanging in the high tower which soared up to a steel blue sky . |
| 25 | Her windows were rattling in the wind , patches of sunlight and shade sped across the view . |
| 26 | But when Fleury came back at last and told him how they were faring in the Residency , Harry knew he would have to take the risk . |
| 27 | Down in the stinking , toxic undercity that night , the Lordly Phantasms stalked a tech gang who were raiding in the direction of the central heat sink . |
| 28 | When his head jerked back to look up at Grant again , it was n't his teeth that were gleaming in the dark now , it was the whites of his eyes , wide with fear . |
| 29 | On one occasion when our boys were returning in the basket lift , which was the only way of reaching the top platform of a rig from sea level , the crane driver had temporarily suspended out crew a few inches above the water in mock punishment for their temerity in fining him . |
| 30 | While thousands of miles away her countrymen were revelling in the celebrations for Australia 's 200th anniversary , she enjoyed the historic sights of a country with a slightly richer heritage . |