Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the business of the day and the more important business of the evening meal , the inhabitants of Roziac were enjoying a few hours of leisure in the open air . |
| 2 | from where we lived from there apart from the fact they were building a few factories then |
| 3 | The war having started in September , the RAF were accepting a few Americans but they did n't like his record . |
| 4 | Visibility on both motorways was down to 50 yards but some drivers were speeding a few feet from the vehicle in front . |
| 5 | The prices crash has resulted in used hot hatchbacks selling for up to £1,000 less than they were fetching a few months ago , according to Mr Tom Atkins , general manager of BRS Car Auctions , Stoke . |
| 6 | We loaded the first two into the trailer , and were heading a few yards further on to pick up a third canister when we noticed that the enemy fire was now being directed at our part of the cornfield . |
| 7 | In the course of filling his lungs he felt as if he were rising a few inches off the ground . |
| 8 | ‘ In case you 've forgotten what we were doing a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 9 | They had left the restaurant and were taking a few steps on the front . |
| 10 | erm if people are restored to confidence , feel that they are able to travel , that of course reduces the number of people who are going to stay in this country and have their holidays here , and Stan , if I can come back to you , I mean we it is almost arguing against the point that you were making a few moments ago that , you know , you want people to stay in this country . |
| 11 | Andrew Ker landed two penalties for Watsonians , who were missing a few regulars . |
| 12 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 13 | I might enjoy sampling what I was touching a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 14 | He was strumming a few chords now , one foot up on a stool , and the silence in the little bar was complete . |
| 15 | The girl , who looked as though she had been made in heaven out of peaches and cream , was wearing a few pieces of string arranged as a bikini , high heels , the goose-pimples , and nothing else . |
| 16 | Well I 'm sorry like but I was getting a few interruptions on the landing |
| 17 | He was staying a few miles away , with the Earl of Carlisle at Castle Howard , and he would be hunting that day with the Lord Middleton 's . |
| 18 | She was examining a few canvases stacked against the wall but she looked up at his question . |
| 19 | Now I know as I was saying a few moments ago , I travelled to the continent just recently , and I know we had to pay a surcharge on the flight . |
| 20 | I phoned and the man that I needed to speak to was not there , he 'd been seconded to the Himalayas or something , he was only coming back erm , in the middle of January , I was in , erm , November or whatever it was , I was giving a few days ' grace , and then I was going to call . |
| 21 | However , to illustrate my belief that nothing has really changed , while I was taking a few notes from a caddie in Montpellier in the south of France — he was telling me how ‘ we 'd hit a great pitch in at the last ’ — I happened to notice the sign above the caddie shack . |
| 22 | Narrow passages like that one , built in a network right from here to about where the school party was standing a few minutes ago . |
| 23 | Benjamin was standing a few yards away from the church , the ladder still in his hand . |
| 24 | When Agnes had retrieved the paperback book she had ‘ forgotten ’ in her booth and reached the street Maxim was standing a few yards away studying the map in a pocket guide of Washington . |
| 25 | Sniffy Wilson was crouching a few yards away . |
| 26 | Perhaps she , also , was leaving a few secrets and a few memories behind . |
| 27 | It was working a few minutes ago , Pet stated . |