Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] from [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | His swollen upper lip felt enormous and stiff , as though he were recovering from a dental injection . |
| 3 | The Tomlins family were returning from a week-long holiday in England and Wales . |
| 4 | He and his wife were returning from a short break in Venice ( ’ no problems with public transport or with the plane ’ ) and arrived at King 's Cross station . |
| 5 | A couple of bare-breasted girls in sarongs were returning from the communal laundry , the washing balanced on their heads , their breasts moving gently as they sauntered by , giggling at some private joke . |
| 6 | In addition to changes in existing trades , such as engineering and boot and shoe manufacture , new trades were developing from the 1880s : sewing-machines , cycles , and motor and electrical manufacture . |
| 7 | Although we both knew that we were acting from the best possible motives , I argued , other people were always ready to place a malicious interpretation on their neighbours ' doings and it might therefore be better to wait before breaking the news . |
| 8 | The , we did er our baths were dating from the nineteen fourteen period and they were getting rather old the , the , the boiler was n't too good and we were afraid that it might burst at some time . |
| 9 | The four opposition parties announced on Nov. 13 that they were withdrawing from the parliamentary elections set for Dec. 8 in protest at the failure of their demand for a new voters ' register . |
| 10 | Mature beech trees were growing from the dry moat 's bed . |
| 11 | laughter so that by the time we came to do the five practical ev exercises you know everybody was in a very relaxed and jolly mood but I think that 's was it 's about but from the results that we were getting from the practical exercises clearly what he said had taken root you know roll key words , roll them around in your mind er try running through letters of the alphabet to match up with your key word chains and you know if if if the word is ball try roll see if you can get it to rhyme and ultimately the creme de la creme is if you can actually get the title of a song or |
| 12 | Splinters were radiating from the giant pool ; a crack appeared some twenty yards ahead of Karelius and his nearest companions . |
| 13 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 14 | They also worked towards and in alliance with the landed interest in the context of a low-profile , informal , state where there was a shared unease about the pressures for change that were coming from the lower social orders . |
| 15 | The laughter and voices were coming from the closed rooms at the end of the corridor that Ruth had christened the west wing . |
| 16 | However , in this case , it would not be necessary to determine that all the quanta came from the same direction : it would be enough to observe that they all arrived within a very short time interval to be reasonably confident that they were coming from the same burst . |
| 17 | We happen to lie in the line of sight so far as Algol is concerned ( or nearly so ) ; if we were observing from a different vantage point there would be no eclipses , and Algol would shine steadily . |
| 18 | Surely London employers were suffering from a desperate shortage of school-leavers ? |
| 19 | They were placed in mental handicap hospitals because they were suffering from a temporary mental illness , or because of ‘ moral incompetence ’ and never released . |
| 20 | FitzGerald discovered that his Cheltenham runners were suffering from a bad blood count after they were tested on Monday but still decided to run them . |
| 21 | An early study of the Camberwell Reception Centre ( now closed ) found that one third of the residents were suffering from a severe psychiatric disorder , excluding alcoholism . |
| 22 | And there 'd been quite a number there , obviously in that burns unit , who were suffering from the same type of er injury . |
| 23 | A few drops of rain were falling from the overheated sky . |
| 24 | They were retreating from the French attack , but they were not running . |
| 25 | Thin beads of light were pulsing from a dozen locations on the convoluted spiral arms of the space station . |
| 26 | Two pairs of hands were missing from the dutiful applause that greeted his speech . |
| 27 | Tory leader Coun Tony Richmond said yesterday Labour members were departing from the all-party agreement by blaming Mr Freeman for not having yet visited . |
| 28 | The foam lining was hanging from a split seam |
| 29 | Daak was hanging from the rear platform , legs dangling , but he had embedded the teeth of the chainsword in one of the armour-plated side panels . |
| 30 | Charles E. ( Buddy ) Roemer , the Governor of Louisiana , announced on March 11 that he was defecting from the Democratic to the Republican Party . |