Example sentences of "[noun] were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not actually remember herself as talking the whole of the time — could there have been silent passages when the words were only reeling through her mind ? |
| 2 | Her sweet words were still echoing in his ears as he came slowly back to reality . |
| 3 | Just before breakfast I had had a phone call from Ken Billings , one of our best farmers , and his words were still echoing in my head . |
| 4 | The last reverberations of the gong were still vibrating on the still air when a door down the corridor burst open and young girl raced out onto the landing , heading for the stairs . |
| 5 | SEVEN Newcastle United fans were still recovering in hospital last night after a double fatal accident on the A66 trans-Pennine road . |
| 6 | Ruth 's legs were soon aching with climbing steps , only to turn and descend another staircase in the opposite direction . |
| 7 | Around 70pc of lambs were sold through the auction and the big meat exporters were now buying in the markets as well as the big supermarkets . |
| 8 | Dexter noticed that white hairs were even bristling from his ears and above the line on his cheeks where he shaved . |
| 9 | Alongside demands for increased professional autonomy for teachers , their professional organizations were also pressing to be included in the education decision-making processes . |
| 10 | A UN " plan of action " drawn up in the week before the commencement of hostilities had estimated that more than 1,000,000 foreigners were still working in Iraq , most of them Egyptians , Sudanese and Palestinians . |
| 11 | Defendant Derek Anderson told police the cocks were just fighting amongst themselves , the men were only trying to stop them . |
| 12 | The crime remained unique , and lawmakers were still squabbling over the ramifications . |
| 13 | There was a model of a fire engine ; a glass dome which shaken would produce a miniature snow storm ; two models of racing cars ; three large veined marbles ; and another jam jar , this one holding a bunch of roses , whose heads were already bending on their high thornless stems . |
| 14 | DETECTIVES investigating an alleged attack on two prisoners found unconscious in their cell were yesterday working on the theory they had been fighting each other . |
| 15 | More Jews were now emigrating to Israel because of US restrictions on their immigration [ see p. 37094 ; for controversy over increased Soviet Jewish immigration to Israel in early 1990 see p. 37304 ] . |
| 16 | Catkins were already fluttering on the nut hedge behind Albert 's house and the sky was a pale translucent blue , as tender as a thrush 's egg-shell . |
| 17 | Indeed when I arrived many of the ‘ former ’ secretaries were still working for the company . |
| 18 | During the sixth century , craftsmen were increasingly operating from workshops , employed by those who had made a greater success in the agricultural way of life and were able to support a greater number of specialists and farmworkers . |
| 19 | Two men who had come in to quaff down great glasses of cidre were now returning to their scythes in a field opposite , to join a line of sodden reapers there . |
| 20 | Congressional threats to resist the dissolution of the Congress , however , were not expected to materialize and the major parties were already preparing for the election campaign . |
| 21 | Thus although the rating tasks performed in this study are not uncorrelated with the risk and accident estimates previously obtained for the stimuli from Study 2 there is no reason to assume that subjects were unnaturally concentrating on risks in the way they may have been for Studies 1 and 2 . |
| 22 | Her eyes were rapidly adjusting to such tones . |
| 23 | I wore my dark glasses even for these few moments , as my blue eyes were always straining in the brilliant light . |
| 24 | I stared at Rachel , whose fawnlike eyes were now smiling at Benjamin . |
| 25 | Her eyes were still adjusting from the brightness outside and she felt a surge of panic at her mistake , but he did nothing . |
| 26 | His mouth was wet and his eyes were still flicking from side to side . |
| 27 | ( Cassettes of the album were already filtering into the higher regions of the music press ) . |
| 28 | Pushers were already selling to children and crime would soar as addicts sought money for drugs . |
| 29 | It was an affectionate family , but its warmth and devout High Anglicanism were occasionally constricting for Hopkins . |
| 30 | The Scots were meanwhile retreating along the same route by which they had advanced , but to a very different reception . |