Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been disputes between hon. Members over whether Carlo Ripa di Meana , the European Community Environment Commissioner , was within his rights or was interfering in every nook and cranny of British daily life — as our Foreign Secretary put it in rather colourful language — when he commanded that work on construction projects in this country should cease because environmental impact assessments had not been prepared although they should have been . |
| 2 | To want to be a millionaire was coarse , even ridiculous ; money somehow floated down from Daddy or was waiting in a will at the end of an estate — that , though rarely the reality , was a prevailing view , and rather attractive in its unworldly dimension . |
| 3 | ( 3 ) The losses against which a recognised body is required to insure under this Rule are all losses arising from claims in respect of civil liability incurred in the practice of the recognised body by the recognised body or by any of its officers or employees or former officers or employees or by any solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is or was a consultant to or associate in the body 's practice or is or was working in the practice as an agent or a locum tenens ; save that a recognised body shall not be required to insure against losses arising from claims of a type excluded , by the indemnity rules applicable from time to time to recognised bodies , from being afforded indemnity by the Solicitors Indemnity Fund . |
| 4 | Within minutes , five or six men had taken off their shoes , rolled up their trousers and were wading in the icy water . |
| 5 | The Defa studios in the East Berlin suburb of Badelsburg are no longer the crumbling , work-shy , institutionalized dump they were two years ago when we began this project and were looking for a home for it . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Microsoft ( who , incidentally , were then engaged in legal battle with Apple ) had bought a PostScript clone vendor , Bauer Technologies , and were looking for a font technology for OS/2 's Presentation Manager . |
| 7 | Hunter-Blair said he warned MacQuillan that it was being whispered around Westminster that the unions had evolved a protective strategy and were looking for an opportunity to test it . |
| 8 | We first came in contact with Hallery House , a picturesque , family run hotel with a welcoming , relaxed and comfortable atmosphere , a couple of years ago , when and were looking for an ‘ all-singing , all-dancing telephone system ’ which coped with every one of their detailed service requirements , and provided accurate room billing information at the end of each guest 's stay . |
| 9 | Under their Chairman , Arthur Allen , the District 's committee raised a series of questions about the negotiated settlement and were unbending on the issue of retention of the District 's autonomy in all its affairs and highly critical of the failure to secure the appointment of Jacques as a joint |
| 10 | We had filled our tank , and were eating at the open food-stall , or " warong " , just across the street when a dilapidated petrol-truck pulled in to top up the filling-station 's reservoir . |
| 11 | It welcomed the new ideas in La Fille Mal Gardée because the characters portrayed were familiar and were living in the farms and vineyards . |
| 12 | Seb 's statement brought a chorus of derision from a couple of navvies who had entered the tent behind him and were listening to the conversation . |
| 13 | : A bunch of us whose ages ranged from 151/2 to 17 were in our billet waiting to go to on parade and were listening to the billet radio system . |
| 14 | Headed by the USSR President and comprising as before the Presidents of the union republics , but with the addition of the USSR Vice-President and the Presidents of the 20 autonomous republics * ; upgraded from a consultative to an executive body , responsible for co-ordinating the work of the central and republican governments , ensuring observance of the Union Treaty , and resolving inter-ethnic and inter-republican disputes ; Council resolutions needed a two-thirds majority , and were binding on the President ( who had to enact them by decree ) and on all republics . |
| 15 | A newspaper report that the multi-millionaire Barclay brothers had built up a 3 per cent stake in Williams and were thinking of a full bid at 300p a share sent the price soaring 58p to 283p . |
| 16 | In particular , they exerted more power within the Labour Party , were increasingly respected by the National government , and were moving towards the reduction of interunion rivalry . |
| 17 | With this new development , the Brigham Young University team were replaying Paneth and Peters ' and Tanberg 's tactics of the 1920s and were moving towards the same road that , unknown to them , Fleischmann and Pons were following . |
| 18 | They had left behind the Silberner Hirsch and were moving towards the place where I lay . |
| 19 | It was also to be a welcoming home for John and Angela , who had come down to watch the final round and were staying at the Bell Hotel . |
| 20 | Several minor deities had drifted up and were kibitzing over the shoulders of the players . |
| 21 | In under a minute they 'd made two sharp lefts and a squealing right , and were roaring down a back street so narrow the least miscalculation would have taken off handles , hubs and mirrors . |
| 22 | The babies had fifteen consecutive days with no ‘ accidents ’ and were reaching for the potty followed by elimination 80 per cent of the time . |
| 23 | ‘ Try a window , ’ shouted someone , and within a matter of minutes two men had stout stakes and were breaking in the ground-floor windows . |
| 24 | Lord Wittisham and Miss Fenwick had been to collect some food — the quails I believe — and were passing in a donkey cart as Sir Thomas arrived . |
| 25 | By the time they 'd parked the car and were hurrying towards the station platform , the little girl 's enthusiasm had soothed her tattered nerves , and she was really looking forward to their day together in London . |
| 26 | To commit our cause to God , and especially to pray for those who had been trapped in France and were hurrying to the beaches of Dunkirk . |
| 27 | A few minutes later they had reached the main road and were heading through a clear November evening towards the north side of the spectacular Cornish peninsula . |
| 28 | The bulldozers had turned round now and were heading for the bridge . |
| 29 | When Operation Gentle Shepherd swung into action for the second time , five of the six sperm whales were coaxed by 14 rescue vessels between the islands of Swona and South Ronaldsay and were heading for the Pentland Firth when they dived beneath the waves . |
| 30 | A batch of children accompanied by a young woman and the billeting officer who had brought Willie had walked past them and were heading towards the Town Hall . |