Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a hopeless task , we were slowly sinking in the mire . |
| 2 | He was lying on a bed , placed between two open windows , his head being without any cap or covering of any sort , while his grey locks were literally floating in the wind , for , although in July , it was cold and blowing weather . |
| 3 | I did n't say much at those early stewards ' meetings , but realised very quickly that many of the very excellent people present were somewhat lacking in the ordinary muscle a steward requires to carry out his job quietly and efficiently . |
| 4 | Right come the morning arrived and and somebody else I ca n't remember who though , and there we were all ready to go and were walking with the press into the massive great shed where they roll the paper and make it a massive place the size of a couple of football pitches , we were just going in the door and somebody said to me they 're no gon na be using their flash guns are they ? |
| 5 | Some were already serving in the Militia , the Territorial Army and the LMSR Army Supplementary Reserve Units ( RE ) : others volunteered who were not in these units and more were conscripted . |
| 6 | One afternoon I was bundled on to an open lorry where about 40 others were already shivering in the late autumn frost . |
| 7 | The train crew were already collecting in the locker room when I made my way there and introduced myself as Tommy , the actor . |
| 8 | There were more wreaths than she would have expected and the flowers were already wilting in the merciless sun . |
| 9 | Both population and employment were already falling in the former London County Council area between 1951 and 1961 , and the process intensified in all cities after 1966 . |
| 10 | By then , warnings were already blowing in the post-imperial winds of change that the all-regular Army might soon be overstretched trying to maintain stability in the final stages of Britain 's withdrawal from Empire . |
| 11 | All contemporary accounts suggest that eighteenth century seamen , brutal and violent as they could be under provocation , were hardly lacking in the capacity to organise in support of their claims , and by the standards of the day , to do so peaceably whenever the authorities kept their heads sufficiently to allow mediation to proceed . |
| 12 | I wore my dark glasses even for these few moments , as my blue eyes were always straining in the brilliant light . |
| 13 | As was noted earlier , over two-thirds of the study group were single and a large proportion of these were still living in the parental home . |
| 14 | ‘ Sometimes , old boy — and I speak as one who has changed a good many nappies in his time and is not a total stranger to either the washing-up bowl or the kitchen stove — sometimes I wish we were still living in the good old bad old days . ’ |
| 15 | In the case of the Bedfordshire parish of Cardington in 1782 , only 57 per cent of boys aged fifteen to nineteen who had spent their childhoods there in their parents ' home were still residing in the parish . |
| 16 | He brushed with the same dead regard the face of the man his agents were still seeking in the matter of the Leicester treason , and Brother John gazed back at him earnestly and impartially , and was moved to distant pity . |
| 17 | Thirty minutes later the three of them were still sitting in the lounge . |
| 18 | At nine o'clock he and the transient education officer were still sitting in the ante-room reading old copies of Country Life when the mess sergeant came in to say Mr Sims was on the phone . |
| 19 | A narrow drive ran through a garden that was full of late summer flowers that were still blooming in the warmth of the autumn sun , and large , spreading trees that threw irregular patches of shade . |
| 20 | The sun rose while they were still lying in the thorn . |
| 21 | Some of the popular writings it seems had a huge circulation : Samuel Solomon 's Guide to Health , or Advice to Both Sexes ran to 66 editions between 1782 and 1817 , and editions were still appearing in the later nineteenth century . |
| 22 | As for the earliest date of birth , it is theoretically possible that it could be 1855 , since the first recruits to the trade , some of whom were still working in the 1900s , were aged 18 in 1873 . |
| 23 | And you were still working in the butchers ' at this time ? |
| 24 | There was no shadow , but the drifting tatters of smoke from something that had been burning were still swirling in the wind and rain . |
| 25 | He could hear the words as if they were still resonating in the dank air of the shower room . |
| 26 | But the sounds of gasping breath rasped and echoed as Cardiff turned to see that Jimmy and Barbara were still standing in the stairwell . |
| 27 | Germans were confidently walking in the streets when the alarm sounded but they did n't take it seriously and failed to go to air raid shelters . |
| 28 | Waters were also rising in the Norfolk Broads and there were reports of some minor flooding as far inland as Norwich , which is 20 miles from the coast . |
| 29 | Several other people were also staying in the house , and they all had to listen to Leonard talking about the mysteries of the unseen world . |
| 30 | Coffin designs were also changing in the 1870s . |