Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They toured with another Leeds ' band , Age Of Chance , who were breaking at a faster pace than themselves . |
| 2 | Sergei Shakhrai , former presidential legal advisor , warned in Komsomolskaya pravda of Aug. 8 that the SC had fallen into the control of conservatives who were hoping for a return to the administrative-command system . |
| 3 | When he visited the Russian sculptor Archipenko and his wife , who were living in a villa in Nice , Modi grumbled of the women who bossed him around . |
| 4 | And he started thumping the sand and wailing at the seagulls — real Play for Today stuff — and an elderly couple who were listening to a radio behind a wind-break looked quite alarmed . |
| 5 | Israeli police have shot dead twenty one Arabs in Jerusalem , and injured one hundred others who were protesting at a planned march by hard line Jews . |
| 6 | He had some troublesome followers who were clamouring for a positive policy without being able to suggest one . |
| 7 | These were not necessarily the shy or reserved ones , who were quite likely to be snapped up by ‘ parents ’ who were looking for a quiet life . |
| 8 | I joined one band because they were playing at the Marquee , and at that gig I was spotted by Girlschool , who were looking for a guitarist . |
| 9 | Prosecuting counsel John Nutting has alleged the two men , who were travelling in a red Sierra , were stopped in June last year on the A64 Leeds-York road , North Yorkshire , by Special Constable Glenn Goodman and Pc Alexander Kelly . |
| 10 | The party still had to cross Loch Arkaig by boat to meet up with his security men who were waiting with a Range Rover , and were clearly becoming worried . |
| 11 | East Hampshire district and Hampshire County Councils were aware of this family , who were waiting for a house to become available . |
| 12 | The youths attempted to defend themselves by claiming that the girls , who were returning from a pop concert , had consented . |
| 13 | The troops reluctantly went to their beds , among them a number who had never been to Pathfinders before , and others who were returning after a time away . |
| 14 | The Baronessa was out in the garden now , a white cardigan slung over her shoulders , talking to a line of young Italians who were sitting on a wall in varying postures of exhaustion . |
| 15 | Oh , the people who were sleeping in a bed and who tomorrow , reading their newspaper , would say joyously — ‘ they are still holding ! ’ |
| 16 | Suddenly it was the Chinese , not the foreigners , who were pressing for a deal . |
| 17 | During 1989 a total of 21,882 people , nearly twice as many as in 1988 and most of them from Eastern Europe , sought asylum in Austria , and during the first three months of 1990 the numbers reached 5,000 , most of them being Romanians who were arriving at a rate of 200 per day in late February . |
| 18 | He had wandered away from his mother Denise , who was queuing in a butcher 's shop . |
| 19 | Farnham were without several of their leading players , including their captain G. Gooding , who was recovering from a broken leg . |
| 20 | Tension heightened after family members claimed that Khoei , who was recovering from a heart operation in July , had died in " suspicious " circumstances . |
| 21 | Notable absentees included President Doe of Liberia , currently threatened by a rebellion ; President Houphouët-Boigny of Côte d'Ivoire , who was facing mounting dissent ; and President Mobutu of Zaïre , who was dealing with a crisis over the alleged massacre of students at Lubumbashi . |
| 22 | Rutter , who was speaking at a conference organised by CLEAR , the anti-lead group , went on to question the way committees such as the Lawther committee are set up . |
| 23 | ‘ I was saying , ’ Shannon strove to sound as dignified as it was possible to sound for someone who was blushing like a schoolgirl , ‘ that of course I admit the man 's gorgeous . |
| 24 | Rachel Still , 23 — who was living with a boyfriend in Wilmslow , Cheshire — drove off with husband Phillip after meeting him for a talk . |
| 25 | One boy , a friend of Mark 's called Kenny , who was living in a hostel in Croydon , was housed on the 13th floor of a frequently vandalised tower block in Camberwell . |
| 26 | For instance , we raised enough money for the materials to build a decent house for a single mother who was living in a hut made of cardboard and we all worked together on the construction . |
| 27 | Now he came to the youngest brother , who was living in a tiny hut in the forest with his young wife Militsa . |
| 28 | Yes , so he then called in a constable , who was living in a section house nearby . |
| 29 | He looked down at the shining pate of the man behind the desk who was leafing through a file . |
| 30 | SURGEONS hoped last night to be able to save the sight of a seven-year-old girl who was passing in a car when the City of London bomb exploded . |