Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst Robert Legg Snr and his cronies were enjoying a short-lived grandeur within the ill-fated United Company of Undertakers , the Upholders ’ Company continued to support those members who furnished funerals as part of their everyday trade , though their list of admissions does not identify persons trading as coffin-makers or undertakers though they did admit upholders and mercers , who included funeral furnishing as a sideline to their main trade . |
| 2 | By the latter half of the century , the majority of books on child care — which were enjoying a tremendous popularity — strongly recommended breast-feeding and described it as the normal practice ( Fildes 1980 ) . |
| 3 | I wandered along the sandy beach and saw just how mums and dads with kiddies and gran and grandad too , were enjoying a REAL family holiday in the sun . |
| 4 | On 30 June 1989 , Captain Knowles and Warrant Officer Fowles were visiting the Army 's transit training camp at Scarborough to ensure that 35 Signal Regiment ( V ) from London on their annual summer training camp were enjoying a satisfactory standard of catering . |
| 5 | Attention would only be conditionally offered to Ollie if Stan was in the room , and if the family were enjoying a quiet cuddle with Stan , he would have to be rejected in favour of Ollie if he appeared . |
| 6 | ‘ The chances are a thousand to one that you might stay here for ten seasons and never see a boatman in a hurry , ’ quoted Sir Thomas loudly to his brood , waving a lordly hand towards William and Joe who were enjoying a quiet chew of tobacco at the end of the pier . |
| 7 | At the same time both the Constituency Labour Parties and the Labour League of Youth were enjoying a rapid increase in membership and many of their new recruits were more interested in what was happening in Europe than in the traditional problems of unemployment and labour conditions . |
| 8 | Ed and Johnny were enjoying an unimaginative platter of boiled sprouts . |
| 9 | Potatoes were enjoying an unprecedented popularity amongst all classes of society ; in the houses of the aristocracy they were being marinaded in champagne , poached in wine and decorated with truffles . |
| 10 | We were seeing a steady growth in fee income of around 15% in the Newport office , and when we made the decision to move , there was n't a single indicator that we might see a downturn . |
| 11 | However , the basic grammatical distinctions here are the categories of first , second and third person , If we were producing a Componential analysis ( for which see Lyons , 1968 : 470-81 ) of Pronominal systems , the features that we seem to need for the known systems would crucially include : for first person , speaker inclusion ( + 5 ) ; for second person , addressee inclusion ( + A ) ; and for third Person , speaker and addressee exclusion ( - S , A ) ( see Burling , 1970 : 14-17 ; Ingram , 1978 ) . |
| 12 | By 1500 BC , the metal workers of Crete were producing a large range of cooking and storage utensils , including some large cauldrons made by riveting together several bronze sheets : some fine examples were found at Tylissos . |
| 13 | He was asked by the Production Manager , J D Pearson , to redesign any part of the engine where the unskilled and semi-skilled staff were producing a high proportion of scrap . |
| 14 | We were producing an annual report |
| 15 | ‘ We were fencing a new corral today . |
| 16 | And out of the disorder of the mangled metal work comes a process as flowing and systematic as if it were building a pristine model from scratch . |
| 17 | Well the er point I 'd like to make is that as of last Saturday the er , erm , the Soviets were building a new submarine every forty days , they 're spending thirty five percent of the G N P . |
| 18 | We thought we were building a new Jerusalem , but these people seem hell bent on destroying Babylon . |
| 19 | I mean honestly you 'd have thought they were building a ruddy house there would n't you ? |
| 20 | Mr Major was told by Tory Ann Winterton that the 300 MPs and peers who viewed the material had been ‘ deeply shocked by what they saw ’ and were demanding an urgent review of the Obscene Publications Act . |
| 21 | ( 2 ) If Waqar and Wasim Akram were using a doctored ball then why did Aqib Javed not benefit from it ? |
| 22 | Mr Herd said police forces were using a new command structure with one senior officer , referred to as ‘ gold ’ overseeing strategy for any big operation . |
| 23 | Suddenly , in 1926 , they were baffled , and they realised that the Germans were using a mechanical cypher . |
| 24 | In the midst of the crowd a huddle of men and women were using a flat-topped gravestone as a table . |
| 25 | Both sides were using a great deal of laser energy to very little effect . |
| 26 | They were using a nearby generator to provide lighting and music . |
| 27 | For the programme pick-up , Basil Hilton and Tony Geluch were using a single condenser microphone suspended centre stage and only a few feet above the conductor 's podium . |
| 28 | But I thought if that 's how they run a business So then when they , they moved house I realized they were using an ordinary saucepan to do their chips in and I had visions of fat boiling over and cos it 's gas so I bought them one a very nice deep fryer as a housewarming present . |
| 29 | If you were encountering a tyrannical overlord , what would you do ? |
| 30 | Ellen had bought some melon and coffee on her way to the boatyard and we were eating a late breakfast in Wavebreaker 's cockpit . |