Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In 1988 , 30–40 Spanish vessels were operating out of Algeciras and Almeria , and according to some estimates , as many as 800 Italian and French drift-net vessels , with a total net length exceeding 15,000 km ( about 10,000 miles ) , were fishing in the Mediterranean . |
| 4 | And I looked up at tap and this water were pouring out of tap , I thought oh ! |
| 5 | And if you were going above of course , that note would be ? |
| 6 | In the words of one user , ‘ they were giving them out as if they were going out of style ’ . |
| 7 | Mr Oatley pointed out that because small producers were going out of business , up to 10 per cent of eggs consumed in Britain were being imported . |
| 8 | The builders of Canary Wharf were going out of business and needed help . |
| 9 | ‘ In this back street , ’ he said , ‘ they were making coffins like they were going out of fashion . ’ |
| 10 | One of them could be Swindon 's own Duncan Shearer , who 's been scoring goals this season as though they were going out of fashion . |
| 11 | But it was still a surprise to receive a letter from Mr Major 's office just when we thought thatchers were going out of fashion . |
| 12 | Art school , university , we were going out of Yorkshire and nothing could stop us . |
| 13 | During 1983–84 concern began to grow among both agencies and advertisers that production costs were getting out of hand . |
| 14 | Things were getting out of hand . |
| 15 | It was true that things were getting out of hand . |
| 16 | They were under no illusions that they could do a better job from Detroit , but they had become increasingly concerned that they were getting out of touch with what was happening around the world , and that the tail was beginning to wag the dog . |
| 17 | It might also assist in work share and offset because perhaps if things were getting out of balance on Eurofighter you could actually use the tornado pruject , project and get a greater balance . |
| 18 | Fakes of even better quality , however , were coming out of Iran , where forgers had the advantage of using presses sold originally to Shah Reza Pahlevi 's government by the US Mint . |
| 19 | The adolescent Bisus were coming out of trance , and now sat bruised and perspiring together , simpering and repairing each other 's damaged make-up . |
| 20 | More programmes were coming out of Bristol to offset the criticism that we were too slanted towards Wales . |
| 21 | The first arrivals were coming out of Customs now : two middle-aged couples , a crowd of kids who looked like students , a family with four children and grandma , a man who looked as if he had been drinking on the plane , his collar undone and his tie hanging . |
| 22 | I came down here because they were running out of work in Scotland initially . |
| 23 | We were running out of bandages . |
| 24 | I thought we were running out of time . |
| 25 | And then we changed things like the name because we found somebody 's name in all these words , somebody , and we just sellotaped it down , and at the end when we were running out of time , and we did about three times have a look at the time , we did change the script slightly to fit the words that we 'd found so we had responsibilities instead of , I do n't know what it was , but instead of another words , just because we 'd found it . |
| 26 | By tonight the terrorists ' toll was seventeen , but the city was over the water , Belfast , and even the politicians were running out of words to express their horror . |
| 27 | This event had two consequences : the German submarines stationed off Scapa Flow , with the task of harassing Jellicoe when he put to sea , were running out of fuel ; and , on the new date set for sailing — 31 May — strong winds prevented Zeppelins from reconnoitring ahead of the High Seas Fleet . |
| 28 | Before Mr Boutros-Ghali 's announcement , Red Cross officials in Sarajevo said the city 's soup kitchens would begin closing at the weekend because they were running out of food . |
| 29 | It was like that game where you were blindfolded and spun round , and then you had to try and touch someone , Creed and the Skull , they were close one moment , then they were dancing out of reach , and nothing would sound like anything when he played it back , it would sound like interference , nonsense , silence , but he stayed with it , trips to the bathroom to sluice his nose and throat , more trips to replace the tapes , because he sensed they were leading up to something , there was something at the end of this rainbow of places , not gold but something . |
| 30 | One young girl , who had Asian friends and kept saying ‘ I 'm not being colour prejudiced , you know ’ , complained that things were slipping out of control : ‘ I mean , we 're leaving school soon , and half the jobs have gone . |