Example sentences of "[noun] was [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly Shiona was trembling with outrage , but her tone was as cool as tempered steel as she told him , ‘ The only ambition I have regarding Kirsty is to be appointed as her legal guardian ! ’ |
| 2 | Suddenly Shiona was trembling with anger . |
| 3 | The stranger was talking with vivacity ; she was eating little and without attention ; her wine-glasses were untouched . |
| 4 | Lucille Walker was beginning to interest me . |
| 5 | It gave no details of his medical condition but an ANC spokesman said the movement 's president was suffering from exhaustion . |
| 6 | To coincide with World Environment Day on 5 June 1989 , The Times published a survey which showed that the membership of fifteen green organizations was climbing towards parity with the membership of unions affiliated to the TUC . |
| 7 | Picasso was working at night and sleeping during the day , whilst Max earned the rent by taking a job in a department store . |
| 8 | HEAVYWEIGHT comic Roseanne Barr was seething with rage yesterday after being snubbed by judges at a top TV ceremony . |
| 9 | She was ready now to admit that her mother was right , Hari was falling in love with Craig . |
| 10 | A Corporal was indicating to Lovat where he thought the firing was coming from . |
| 11 | Both generals had commanded units in Kurdish areas in south-east Turkey , and there was speculation that Dev Sol was working in co-operation with the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
| 12 | Erm but I mean I thought Andrea was going in catering and she says well that 's what we hope . |
| 13 | ( One of our correspondents serving with 1st Armoured Division reports a visit to 1st Bn. , Staffordshire Regt. , in which he knew a company from 1st Grenadier Guards was serving under command ; the first men he encountered were a Milan crew — from 1st Royal Green Jackets … ) |
| 14 | All around her , the flower-market was bustling with life as traders seemingly managed to clinch three deals simultaneously , talking and haggling at double speed . |
| 15 | In other words , we cite the rules governing the conduct of business in this arena of social life and show how the agent was acting in accordance with them . |
| 16 | There was no way Dustin was going to hospital . |
| 17 | Nuadu stayed where he was , but his mind was tumbling with horror and revulsion . |
| 18 | What was not apparent was that there had been a total flight instrument failure because of a complete electrical breakdown while the aircraft was flying in cloud . |
| 19 | Hardy was describing in fiction the real and very harsh position that unmarried mothers from the poorer sections of society found themselves in . |
| 20 | I sent back a tirade of bitter invective , written during a long , lonely evening when Richard was dining in college : did she think that because I had given up working for my degree I was necessarily isolated from intelligent thought ? |
| 21 | little support are most affected and we need to er , go back to what Kathleen was saying about education , we need to help young girls get self-confidence , more se , coping skills to deal with these pressures , but also , as other people have said , we need to get the government to look at the fact as , that encourage women to keep smoking and address those issues as well . |
| 22 | Soon , the whole tunnel roof was collapsing on top of the ship . |
| 23 | My future was going into hospital next week . |
| 24 | Yet we knew that if a programme was going to work it had to be ‘ user friendly ’ — we had had enough of diet and exercise books written by doctors and self-proclaimed experts . |
| 25 | On the morning of the day before her departure Delia Sutherland was sitting in front of the fruit and toast Luney set daily on the terrace , and which not once had she been able to eat . |
| 26 | At the foot of the stairs , David was listening with interest to what her father was saying , a smile on his lips . |
| 27 | Tenerife was basking in afternoon sunshine as a taxi dropped them off at the sea-front . |
| 28 | Crack of dawn after a long night … made himself coffee and got back to the station as the car was disappearing from view . |
| 29 | Anneliese was frowning in concern , studying her face then casting a quick , accusing glance at her elder brother . |
| 30 | However , Albert got over that , and so did Jim , and they went into the sitting-room , where Bella was sitting in mini-gear frighteningly too young for her , with office folders on her lap . |