Example sentences of "[coord] was [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had also lost around £300,000 pounds and was staving off a visit from the official receiver . |
| 2 | Quiss was led by the dwarfish scullions , through the banked ranges past gleaming tubs , boiling vats , open fires and grills past rows of massive , wing-nutted pressure cookers guarded by blast screens , under huge n-shaped pipes , bubbling and gurgling and leaking steam , and over the dainty , counter-sunk tracks of a narrow-gauge railway until eventually he saw a wall ahead , and was led up a rickety wooden staircase to a narrow gantry then stopped at a small wooden door set into the wall . |
| 3 | When I entered our room I found Mum had down two more vases and was sorting out a pile of pawn tickets . |
| 4 | A moment later he had returned , and was holding out a balloon glass containing an inch of brandy towards her . |
| 5 | He came across it raiding his fruit garden , unwisely wounded it with buckshot , and was chased up a tree for his trouble . |
| 6 | She had been making a cup of coffee and was leaning over a lit ring on the gas cooker to put the kettle on . |
| 7 | A vote was taken on this and was carried on a decisive majority . |
| 8 | Jim had left , moved on to London and was heading up a new Rapid Response Unit there in connection with HEMS , the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service . |
| 9 | She had drawn the curtains at the house the previous evening and was carrying out a routine check at about 7.30 am when she saw the smashed back porch . |
| 10 | The new methods of mass production , were unsuccessful and was closed down a few years later . |
| 11 | He liked to buy their food ; he even enjoyed cooking it sometimes , and was putting on a little weight . |