Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You couldn ’ even prophesy your own death , when it wuz standin' right in front of you . |
| 2 | But meanwhile North had discovered that the secret shipments of arms to Iran were generating upwards of $15 million which he proposed diverting to fund the American-backed Contra forces fighting in Nicaragua for whom Congress had refused to provide any further financial aid on the grounds that Reagan was involving America in an operation to overthrow by force another country 's legitimate government . |
| 3 | George Lodge and Gilbert Blaine must have been old acquaintances for they were hawking together in Caithness in 1913 . |
| 4 | The audience appeared to be loving every minute Smashing Pumpkins were shambling away on stage . |
| 5 | The Poles were building beautifully at times , and one example engineered by Japek Ziober and Janusz Nawrocki ended with Robert Warzycha curling over a perfect cross from Dziekanowski . |
| 6 | Dane , co-pilot Steve Johnsone , 25 , winchman Paul Trethewy , 33 , and radar man Glenn Holmes , 35 , were recovering back at base last night . |
| 7 | Giant Hercules transport aircraft were touching down at Aldergrove Airport every few minutes . |
| 8 | I think to the top end , then those of you who were struggling around with D syndrome at moment , you know let's get you pushed in there . |
| 9 | Others were queueing up for cracks at goal as well , notably Jon Newsome on at least two occasions , as well as Speed and Bats . |
| 10 | City were competing well in mid-field and keeping their opponents at full stretch , but after twenty four minutes , Shenley pulled level as Paul Armitage crossed into goalkeeper Steve Roberts , but he lost possession as he collided with Andy King and allowed Rob Blackmore to get a touch and send it over the line . |
| 11 | It seemed , nevertheless , early in 1956 that Washington and London were drawing together in opposition to Nasser . |
| 12 | They would then find that they were hanging around for hours and the crafty ones would try to find a prop bed to catch up on some sleep . |
| 13 | When Ruth arrived at the Rope Walk on Monday morning , she felt as if she were stepping back in time . |
| 14 | Certainly Russia has openly intervened with military force to control its satellites like Hungary and Czechoslovakia when it thought they were stepping out of line and also supported the introduction of martial law in Poland to curb industrial unrest . |
| 15 | We , when we were dredging , we were dredging now from Cliff Quay and er used to get all this er grey mud and erm and the chalk and when we used to dredge , we got down to chalk er , more or less the depth we wanted to go and anybody dredging down there today if they dredge the chalk at Cliff Quay that 's the depth of water you want and erm then we dredged erm just below erm and then we went to Freston Freston we were dredging peat . |
| 16 | I gave the old man a tip , and soon Mrs M. and I were speeding back to Ballina . |
| 17 | I remember one evening when we were returning home from Sitanarhi in the bullock cart . |
| 18 | In 1937 , 15 million people ( one-third of the population ) were holidaying away from home for a week or more . |
| 19 | As the chief of the Army of the South , Franco 's plan was to occupy the western provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres ; link up with Mola 's troops , which were driving south-westwards from Navarre ; and advance eastwards on Madrid , following the natural line of penetration provided by the valley of the River Tagus . |
| 20 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
| 21 | They were driving away from Roxie Farmer 's house through Marlowe Street , one of the meaner streets of Greenwich . |
| 22 | She and her husband were driving home from Eastbourne in Fanshawe 's Jaguar . |
| 23 | Soon they were driving almost through countryside , there were no street lamps any more ; and Boy suddenly found himself saying , stop the car . |
| 24 | We were driving down to Zagora . |
| 25 | A few hours later the family were driving back to Windsor . |
| 26 | The Washington Post of April 13 reported that death rates among refugees were unclear , but that relief officials estimated that up to 1,000 were dying daily in camps along the Turkish and Iranian borders . |
| 27 | But then the wind was horrendous at Dublin : the ships in Dublin Bay were bobbing about like corks , and the last man to equal par on that first day had gone out at 11.30 AM . |
| 28 | The two were walking slowly towards Davin 's room . |
| 29 | The latter two groups , just over thirty in all , were walking purposefully towards Fort House , the object of the afternoon programme . |
| 30 | ‘ People were walking along with televisions , cameras , ghetto blasters absolutely anything they could carry . ’ |