Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the street below the house with the dome people were pausing to look up at the arrows in the spike . |
| 2 | These were the harrowing scenes at Heathrow airport as the group of Russian orphans prepared to return home to a country that regards them as mentally retarded … just because they 're without parents.They 'd spent twelve happy weeks in the Malvern Hills , being cared for by local schools.And they were dreading going back to Russia . |
| 3 | They had taken refuge from the insects and the dew when sanity returned , and were lying gazing up at the stars . |
| 4 | A few feet away two medics were lying stretched out on the floor of the barn , one lying face down , his arms by his sides , he appeared to be dead . |
| 5 | The two bodies were lying face down on the grass a few yards apart . |
| 6 | Filmmakers were attempting to link in to contemporary realities . |
| 7 | It arose from a chance encounter at one of the regular community meetings of the YCCC held at a time when they were attempting to reach out to any and all sorts of assistance in solving their pollution problem . |
| 8 | And there was lots of the we came to an end and if we were going to carry on with this further we the everybody was getting a bit fed up with it . |
| 9 | You see , so these people were going to move in at the weekend so had to put a stop to that cos they had no authority to move in there until the solicitors try and get this thing sorted out . |
| 10 | Patrick squirmed uncomfortably in the jumper and the trousers , which were at least two sizes too large for him — he felt as if they were going to fall down at any moment . |
| 11 | Ace felt that her eyes were going to vibrate out of their sockets . |
| 12 | Like Miss Honey , she felt sure both ears were going to come off at any moment with all the weight that was on them . |
| 13 | The only words they exchanged during the engagements were to discuss which side of the car they were going to step out of . |
| 14 | They were going to break out of their self-imposed cage . |
| 15 | When you came here , you said you were going to find out about him , and you succeeded . |
| 16 | ‘ She was wondering what they were going to get up to next . |
| 17 | it 's Wednesday today all day I thought you were going to get on with your painting ? |
| 18 | That was all they were going to get out of her . |
| 19 | With coughing , he opened his eyes and began groaning which was at least some sign of progress , and I started looking about to see how we were going to get out of what appeared to be uncomfortably like a prison . |
| 20 | ‘ How did you think you were going to get by without me to explain everything to you ? ’ asks Phil reasonably . |
| 21 | Generally , when you played Jimmy Connors you understood you were going to stay out on the court for four or five hours , at least . ’ |
| 22 | More obscenities followed just as the two men were hurrying to catch up with Comfort , and then the woman stopped dead in front of Comfort and spat in her face . |
| 23 | Aye it were getting pinched off of me cupboard 's outside the door . |
| 24 | I know you were getting pissed off with Edward needling you like that , but you can tell me , surely . |
| 25 | There was a lot of noise ; people were getting bets down on the first pair . |
| 26 | Class divisions hitherto non-existent or only latent in English society were beginning to open up as the Agrarian and Industrial Revolutions gained momentum , and popular unrest was in the air . |
| 27 | Now that Caen had fallen , some of the villagers , were beginning to drift back to their homes . |
| 28 | I was busy doing interviews , as the media were beginning to pick up on the story . |
| 29 | Hundreds of funeral guests were beginning to filter in on foot from the outlying corners of the kingdom , bringing sacrificial fighting cocks , pigs and magnificently decked-out water-buffalo . |
| 30 | ‘ They were beginning to fire back from behind the station . |