Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because it was an old house that they were renovating , and it had got so much rot in it and woodworm , and he said he said he said th there they were walking up one minute and the next minute the piano was just going down through the stairs . |
| 2 | This Minton did , afterwards taking Tindle back to Hamilton Terrace where his large picture , The Death of Nelson , still in progress , was hanging on one wall . |
| 3 | There was a hole in the ceiling to let in the rain but just to be safe he returned every day for a week to water them and was walking back one afternoon when , turning a corner , he felt a hand on his shoulder . |
| 4 | She was walking back one day , her baskets empty , her spirit almost peaceful for once . |
| 5 | She sat up , sweeping her tumbling hair back from her face with one hand , then grabbed the covers about her , suddenly aware that her nightdress was slipping off one shoulder . |