Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wooden beams and ceiling were crackling in the extreme heat . |
| 2 | People were gazing at the still smoking ruins and chalked on a blackboard on the pavement was , ‘ Employees meeting at Victoria Hall , Rollestone Street tonight at 6 o'clock . ’ |
| 3 | Within minutes , five or six men had taken off their shoes , rolled up their trousers and were wading in the icy water . |
| 4 | By the second century B.C. they were experimenting with a volcanic earth found near Vesuvius and named pozzolana after the town of Pozzuoli there . |
| 5 | Suddenly they met burnt chip contamination and had to shut down the production line , a major anxiety as they were producing to a tight schedule in a ‘ Just in time ’ situation . |
| 6 | There was pressure from the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , for Mr Smith to declare firmly which way the Labour Party would be voting when the bill came up for its third reading , which many of the rebels were targeting for a full-scale revolt . |
| 7 | By now I was talking and singing on automatic pilot whilst my heart and brain were thudding with a heady mixture of adrenalin . |
| 8 | Before long England were benefitting from the first of a string of catches dropped by both sides , and their total of 263 was over a hundred more than it would have been had Boycott , Woolmer and Botham not had a second chance . |
| 9 | Yanto laughed as he realised his shoulders were covered with fish scales which were flashing in the dim light of the oil lamp . |
| 10 | The Literary Lionisers , having commanded their maids and valets , if they had them , to unpack , or if they had not , scurried through this tedious task themselves , were gathering for the first event of the week , the promenade around Dickens 's Broadstairs . |
| 11 | LOOKING BACK , it s now possible to see that well before the Chernobyl accident in the Soviet Union the storm clouds were gathering for the nuclear dream . |
| 12 | With its panoramic views over the River Thames at Docklands , it is a delightful venue for CCG catering manager Tracey Evans and head chef Steve Raven , who until the recent opening of the restaurant were catering for the 200 Reuters staff from a portacabin complex . |
| 13 | Three men in black overcoats and dark glasses were fussing around the long cars and a small crowd had gathered to weep and wonder . |
| 14 | This reflected the nature of the environment , the local pride of the individual Australian colonies , and the awareness of the railway builders and architects that they were building for a grander , though then unrealized , future . |
| 15 | Although those terrifying Latin countries were building in a classical style by then , England preferred her own flights of fancy . |
| 16 | His swollen upper lip felt enormous and stiff , as though he were recovering from a dental injection . |
| 17 | Other walkers were struggling up the dusty track , sweating and wheezing their way to the high plateau . |
| 18 | More than half of the comprehensive schools in existence by 1968 were of the orthodox 11–18 variety , and most arrangements were crystallizing around the approved versions of 10/65 . |
| 19 | The fingers of her left hand were toying with the top button of her scarlet blouse , and Morse heard the siren voice beside his ear : ‘ What would you say to another little drink before you go ? ’ |
| 20 | We ran the race as if we were competing in a 100 metres , charging full tilt at the bends . |
| 21 | Well , the two weeks were drawing to a close and we rounded the point of Sørkapp ( South Cape ) and headed back towards Longyearbyen . |
| 22 | We had filled our tank , and were eating at the open food-stall , or " warong " , just across the street when a dilapidated petrol-truck pulled in to top up the filling-station 's reservoir . |
| 23 | Only when a significant amount of food preparation moved from the home to food factories and when people became considerably more interested in what they were eating in the 1960s was there pressure to have more informative labels . |
| 24 | The curtains were hanging outside the smashed windows , the whole scene one of desolation . |
| 25 | Just as they were puzzling over the next move the man rang back to tell them that they were on a wild goose chase . |
| 26 | They had climbed hard all afternoon , and shortly before seven o'clock , with the sky softening towards apricot , were resting on a rocky outcrop . |
| 27 | Her feet were resting on a small , aluminium step-ladder . |
| 28 | Er much to everybody 's fear , really , because we , we , we were stepping into a new area , you can imagine from , from wires to something with no wires , and the risk of that failing , but , but it worked and er from thereon , of course most Fire Brigades have taken on the task and , and er are now on radio contact of this kind . |
| 29 | The bells were clanging in the high tower which soared up to a steel blue sky . |
| 30 | He had some troublesome followers who were clamouring for a positive policy without being able to suggest one . |