Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [v-ing] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The backs of my legs were trembling at that time , but this was probably as much due to the cold as to the feeling of betrayal that had invaded my being . |
| 2 | Again the two brothers were pushing at each other and as they all mounted the steps Ellen stepped and walked by the side of her son , something she was in the habit of doing whenever they were in company , and which Joe had been aware of from the time she had recovered after his uncle 's death . |
| 3 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
| 4 | Beneath it , two geese were pecking at some grain . |
| 5 | But the other two Palestinians were shouting at each other in Hebrew . |
| 6 | or whatever , just let them know roughly what you 're doing , cos , all they get is a tape , it gives them an idea of what sort of things were happening at that time , any words they ca n't pick up if she 's cooking , maybe that 's something she was making or whatever , erm , in the please write the first names and details , why you know them , of all the people speaking on this side of the tape , in order in which they speak on the tape in the first , first instance , right , you know , so now Carla , my husband , myself , Lee and , you do n't need to repeat them again after that |
| 7 | AT ALTHORP — pronounced Altrup or Althrup , but never Althorp — the flags were flying at half mast , mourning the death of Johnny , the 8th Earl Spencer . |
| 8 | Andrew hagans was staying at this bail hostel when he murdered Anna McGurk . |
| 9 | The teachers were shouting at each other and scrambling up the shelves but getting nowhere . |
| 10 | Circle members were looking at each other with slowly dawning horror and suspicion . |
| 11 | Investigation of town plans reveals that many cities were growing at this time ; the records reveal increasing long-distance trade ; in the Mediterranean there was a growth of the commerce of the Italian cities so striking that Professor Lopez has labelled it and its northern counterpart ‘ the commercial revolution ’ . |
| 12 | The birds were feeding at all compass points around the county , as had been suspected . |