Example sentences of "and [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I accidentally spilt some soft drink on the bench where we had lunch , and in a minute a dozen skinks had homed in and were lapping up the liquid . |
| 2 | At the height of the violence in the early hours of the morning at Wymott jail in Leyland , Lancashire , about 400 rioters had seized control and were smashing up the jail . |
| 3 | Somehow the virtual reality had overflowed the confines of that simulated chamber , and was taking over the entire broadcast . |
| 4 | She was wearing the white apron she had for cookery classes at school and was tidying up the house because the doctor was coming . |
| 5 | I 'd been down the prom on my bike , and was riding up the posh part to our street . |
| 6 | He says : ‘ I wanted to sign them both and was sorting out the work permit side of it when I was dismissed . |
| 7 | And then he 'd waited there , too ashamed to face other nomes , until the car went back to wherever it came from , and had got off , and was living out the rest of his life quietly and without any fuss . |
| 8 | He was quite near Philip now and was climbing up the bank towards the spot where Philip had thrown the stone . |
| 9 | He left the Operations Room and was running up the Pit transport belt when Cheryl Russell swung in from a side corridor and very nearly cannoned into him . |
| 10 | In a minute she had rushed from the house and was running down the garden . |
| 11 | Father Crispin had unfortunately just knocked over a wine cup and was cleaning up the mess with a napkin . |
| 12 | ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’ |
| 13 | Denied its usual egress , the river had burst its banks and was pouring down the fire-ravaged streets . |