Example sentences of "[conj] was [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he lunged at Anwar with a carrot that was Lying to hand . |
| 2 | Bob Tanner 's dark eyes were stern beneath the thick beetle brows that complemented the precisely cut head of black hair that was starting to silver at the temples . |
| 3 | ‘ It was n't the message that was coming from Government , but undoubtedly it was the message that , to a greater or lesser extent , was received by quite large areas of manufacturing industry . ’ |
| 4 | Well they had those Newcastle that was going towards Marketplace . |
| 5 | There was a real feeling that this was the key to development — this was the great crusade that was going to spirit newly independent Third World countries towards their prosperous destiny . |
| 6 | She suddenly realised she had passed from the survival phase to a phase where she could see that The Body Shop had become a retailing institution that was going from strength to strength . |
| 7 | She felt dazed and was drifting through life never feeling well , sleepless , anxious and just not coping . |
| 8 | Ruth saw at once that her grandfather was not in the room , but she took it for granted that by some miracle he had improved enough to get upstairs and was resting in bed . |
| 9 | One is left wondering whether it was a dream or one really had been listening to a man whose clothes and surroundings were obviously of little importance but who knew more Latin and Greek than one ever had , could quote the classics and poetry , would have one lost in the depths of philosophy , someone who was probably in a Gaelic world of his own and was translating into English for the benefit of his listener although the learning had largely been gathered in that language . |
| 10 | I was a child who 'd lost his own mother , and was looking for affection . |
| 11 | She loved Bobbie for his devotion and loyalty to her in the days when she had few friends and was struggling for recognition . |
| 12 | But Ruth sensed he wanted to speak , and was struggling through pain and craziness to do so . |
| 13 | ‘ He had some of our headed notepaper with a photograph of himself and was asking for money from people in Balmoral Avenue . |
| 14 | Bystanders say that he was conscious and aware of what was happening and was asking for help . |
| 15 | The girl had had her hands over her face and was rolling from side to side . |
| 16 | He looked to be in his early-to-mid-fifties , and was running to fat , and when he took off his topee it was to wipe the sweat from a pink , bald head . |
| 17 | However , after a second round of US-PLO talks in Tunis on March 22 , 1989 , the PLO leadership expressed fears that the USA lacked a specific programme for resolving the Palestinian issue , and was playing for time to secure a halt to the intifada ( " uprising " ) . |
| 18 | He was being shown round the Abbotsbury Swannery and was talking to swanherd John Fair near a swan and her cygnets when the swan took exception . |
| 19 | Once she had taken off her black suit and was lying in bed dressed only in her underclothes and dressing gown , she admitted to herself that she was so tired that she might not have lasted out the afternoon in court without fainting . |
| 20 | He was still recuperating at home a few nights later when a rustling from the rafters above his bed proved to be yet another python which had entered the village and was lying in wait . |
| 21 | But in Urquhart , standing there facing him that night , she encountered a ratchet that had broken free of its retaining spring and was spinning in reverse . |
| 22 | She had a broken leg , head injuries and was suffering from hypothermia and was flown to Raigmore hospital for treatment . |
| 23 | The banked roadway was cracking and was turning to mud , as the drainage systems on either side faltered as the crush of decayed twigs and discarded leaves , clogged the filter of water . |
| 24 | Daak had joined the group and was standing behind Ace . |
| 25 | He had his coat off and was standing in front of the range , with a glass in his hand , rocking on his heels , one hand stuck in his trouser pocket . |
| 26 | Gömbös supported a German-Hungarian-Italian axis and by 1938 a Hungarian Nazi party , the Arrow Cross , had been formed and was agitating for land reform and a restoration of the old frontiers . |
| 27 | The last anyone heard from him was a week ago when he called his brother to say he 'd had an accident and was going to hospital . |
| 28 | He 'd already got it developed and was going to post it to America . |
| 29 | He 'd had a heart attack in a small tent and was fighting for air through a web of mosquito netting and canvas . |
| 30 | While lost in the fog she heard talking and realised that a barge had dragged anchor and was coming down river with the tide . |