Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were obviously staking out the place . |
| 2 | Fox and Stephen Brown L.JJ. noted , at pp. 1080 and 1089 , that the relevant statements were not taken on the basis that they were merely ‘ to be used for a private investigation to see if the police had acted improperly in any way ’ — one of the two main reasons for Lord Denning M.R. 's decision in Neilson v. Laugharne , the other being that the plaintiff there was merely ‘ fishing . ’ |
| 3 | A written request for a brief photocall from the media , who were not allowed up the 100-yard driveway to the hotel , was conveyed by a garda to Mr Keenan . |
| 4 | Northamptonshire police this afternoon said they were not following up the incident . |
| 5 | We were soon building up the idea of productivity … |
| 6 | Its arms clutched these objects as they were individually passed up the ladder to its niche : followed by its disembodied head , with a physiognomy very close to that of the photographs of the deceased . |
| 7 | My shadow lapped the outside steps because the doors were open letting out the heat , wide open because I had n't bothered to bolt them , and the side door was open too , creating a through-draught that made the fire smoke and the dogs restless . |
| 8 | ‘ Nothing to do with us ’ , says the Press Office , ‘ we were just renting out the space ’ . |
| 9 | We were just picking up the malai national programme . |
| 10 | Probably publicans were just carrying on an old tradition of involvement in popular sports . |
| 11 | This duty was helped by the fact that the general hospital units being built up in the London catchment area were already taking over the functions of the asylums . |
| 12 | The Captain 's men were already clattering down the broad stone staircase , ignoring the slow old li– . |
| 13 | Several rabbits were already running down the field towards a distant hedge dappled white with great patches of maybloom . |
| 14 | I never had a chance to see if anyone had been hurt or not because we were already accelerating up the next stretch of road . |
| 15 | A sense that what had just happened involved her in some way made her pull herself together and run down on to the course where racecourse attendants were already putting up a screen . |
| 16 | After a few weeks most boys bought their own pens and they were usually carried down the top of the right sock . |
| 17 | They 've started recently , they d they did n't do it for years , we had n't been training anybody and that was unusual because when it was the big factory you were always bringing in the school leavers |
| 18 | ANALYSTS and advisers were yesterday lining up the next series of state asset sales and trying to see how the Government could increase the projected £19 billion over the next three years to reduce borrowing and fund tax cuts . |
| 19 | DETECTIVES were yesterday following up a number of leads after an appeal on national television for information about a Darlington building society robbery . |
| 20 | No doubt they were still digging up the little graveyard . |
| 21 | He took a handkerchief from the pocket of his trousers which were still hanging on a hook behind him . |
| 22 | Well a a a at the time , they 'd just changed over from the erm Tenants ' Development Association , to the Tenants ' Action Group , so it was a bit disorganized to begin with , cos we were still sorting out the , everything from what they 'd left over and things , so , but once we 'd got that all so once they 'd got that all sorted out , yeah , it was . |
| 23 | Johannsen and the DK were still clambering up the long diagonal slope to her left , almost level with her now . |
| 24 | Thousands were still eking out an existence in China 's desolate border regions , their sacrifices and hardships almost forgotten in the new era of reform . |
| 25 | In a progress report on Sun 's year-old Open Graphics Initiative , Doug Schiff , international director for the programme , said all of Adobe 's products would be available for Sun Sparcsystems by the autumn , but that the two companies were still working out the details of providing PostScript as a ‘ foundation library ’ for developers on Sparc kit . |
| 26 | Lambert realized that far below the barrage was still pounding away ; that the observers reports were still going down the telephone wire , correcting ranges and bearings , selecting new targets from the shop window of the British Front . |
| 27 | LONG BEFORE Negativland got right up U2 's collective nose , they were busily cranking out a different kind of musical anarchy . |
| 28 | The F T Associates which is er includes the Economist in Spain was up a lot and Westminster Press was er was down , but of course Westminster Press took a major redundancy charge , they were also bringing on a new plant at Brighton and therefore running two plants simultaneously which is very costly er and they launched on Sunday . |
| 29 | Telephone lines were also fed down the mine . |
| 30 | Loose canvas seat covers were also carried on the upper decks . |