Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [num ord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He led her up another tortuous steel staircase , its steps worn and buckled , across improvised bridges and rickety gangways , up higher and higher , until they were crouching next to the very source of the molten metal . |
| 2 | A river ran underneath the road there , and the car was lying next to the bridge wall , below the road . |
| 3 | But , since he was lying twelfth on the Ryder Cup points list and the first prize was £40,000 , he could hardly afford to miss out . |
| 4 | The gramophone was sitting next to the cabinet , and the totter thought they paired up admirably . |
| 5 | Haverford , exercising an old man 's privilege , was sitting next to the driver . |
| 6 | Finch was sitting next to the underling . |
| 7 | A boy was standing next to the table , looking at Jean-Paul shyly . |
| 8 | The little one that was standing next to the pram was about Oliver 's age was n't she ? |