Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As though they were seeing actors on a stage , Seb and Melody watched as one of the two riders suddenly kneed his horse forward . |
| 2 | As early as 1963 Cubans were helping Algeria in a border conflict with Morocco . |
| 3 | The fundamental problem faced by US business was that rivals in Europe and Japan were accumulating capital at a far faster rate ( figure 10.4 ) and were doing so on the basis of far lower wage costs ( table 10.5 ) . |
| 4 | Imagine your response if , when you were depositing funds in a building society account , your attention was drawn to the fact that if you died only the original investment would be returned , but if you lived you would keep all of the interest . |
| 5 | ‘ There are no allegations that any of these were selling information or that there was any fraud involved but they were causing chaos on a scale that could n't be imagined , ’ Mr Richardson said earlier . |
| 6 | Investors were expressing relief about a partial solution to the contracts issue , which has become entangled in the row between China and Britain over Hong Kong 's political future . |
| 7 | The member countries of the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) were seeking establishment of a wider European economic space ( EEC ) in which they would have a " close and structured partnership " with the EC [ see p. 37535 ] , although it remained possible that other EFTA member countries besides Austria would opt to seek full EC membership . |
| 8 | They were compiling information for a guide to the Great British pub-goer . |
| 9 | VAUXHALL 's 4,500 Ellesmere Port workers were celebrating news of a major slice of a £17m Government contract last night while management were delighted at the confidence placed in their Astra car , estate and van production . |
| 10 | A little further on they had to skirt an area where a gang of workmen were shovelling rubble onto a lorry . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , the team were turning decline into a slump . |
| 12 | Even if we were to order the repayment of the whole sum at once , the amount would be less than if you were paying tax of a lawful fifteenth of your movable goods . |
| 13 | The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) reported in mid-February that Kurdistan was on the point of collapse and that hundreds of thousands of people were facing starvation as a result of the Iraqi blockade and the cutting of supply lines to Iran by snow and to Turkey by a lorry strike . |
| 14 | as though he were sorting cards for a seance . |
| 15 | Fortunately , his fame had not yet reached the gutters so the winos were not aware that they were providing material for a movie star 's performance . |
| 16 | It was as though he were dictating material for a paper in one of the journals or addressing a class of senior students . |
| 17 | From our interviews and observations it was apparent that many members were experiencing frustration through a lack of sense of direction or achievement in this field ( in the survey 25% of respondents felt that their board had achieved little in any field of activity ) , although they were not clear how this might be improved . |
| 18 | Warm dark eyes were subjecting Caroline to a friendly appraisal . |
| 19 | Outside , in a field , a lively group of boys and girls were piling branches in a heap for their Halloween bonfire . |
| 20 | John Glassey and Philip Stokoe ( Stanley ) and Eric Coatsworth and David Strong ( Shildon ) were losing semi-finalists from a strong field . |
| 21 | There was a brawl going on in the entrance , and two policemen were clamping handcuffs on a couple of young men who were causing the trouble . |
| 22 | But he took off his jacket and went round the back to work with the sawyers who were cutting joists to a length . |
| 23 | She hated the way boys looked at you , as if they were giving marks at a cattle show . |
| 24 | Further details were unavailable at press time , as X/Open staff worldwide were taking part in a brainstorming session , somewhere in the wilds of Devon in the UK . |
| 25 | The students were taking part in a debate contest organised by the Ghana edition of Step Magazine , which is a corporate member of WACC , as part of activities marking the launch of the magazine in that country . |
| 26 | They were not aware that they were taking part in a randomised comparison of two different information sheets as this would have invalidated the study , which received ethical approval from the Royal Hallamshire Hospital ethical committee . |
| 27 | And beside him , an elderly priest in a black soutane was also holding up a thumb and laughing as though he were taking part in a particularly outrageous joke . |
| 28 | Do n't think you can barge in here harassing me like this , ’ she snapped , ‘ shooting questions at me as if you were taking part in a firing squad . ’ |
| 29 | They were taking part in a crucial first safety commissioning test when hundreds of tons of hot water were pumped through a section of the plant 's miles of piping … and it all passed with flying colours . |
| 30 | It was all in a good cause however , because they were taking part in a five-day team building exercise . |