Example sentences of "and was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the judge was calling a witness who was an important link in the prosecution case and was thereby assisting in making that case . |
| 2 | In my right hand was a small tray , and by tilting it in the breeze I found that I could obtain enough lift to get up to any height I wanted , and was soon soaring into the air , travelling at will . |
| 3 | Screen-tested four years later , she did something nasty to her hairline in the interests of personal sultriness , and was soon starring with Fred Astaire in You 'll Never Get Rich and You Were Never Lovelier . |
| 4 | She had a scarf tied over her head and was evidently going into the village to shop . |
| 5 | The UK government had issued a licence approving the dumping and was reportedly considering at least 10 further licences . |
| 6 | Theresa had a transplant in 1989 and was just recovering from that ordeal when she had a brain haemorrhage and went into a coma for three months . |
| 7 | We were all turning gently to port as I cut the corner and was slowly closing on the Hun . |
| 8 | With the spotlight on him , Mr Getty could no longer keep his bolt-hole in the Ritz private and was shortly settling into Sutton Place , the Duke of Sutherland 's Tudor manor house in Surrey , with seventy-two rooms and 750 acres . |
| 9 | After he had given up the slave trade and was already hoping to be ordained , he was appointed tide-surveyor in the port of Liverpool with duties that included the inspection of incoming vessels . |
| 10 | Some hoarse Czech expletive rent the air , then ‘ Forget it ! ’ he snarled , and was already getting into his trousers . |
| 11 | The company had been well placed to take advantage of the 1960s consumer boom , and was already prospering by the time Horsley joined the Board in 1963 , at the age of twenty-nine . |
| 12 | Midnight had left the doorway and was already running across the yard . |
| 13 | He had found my rope , climbed out of the moat , and was already running towards the trees where I had left my horse . |
| 14 | There were rows between him and Dennis , who could become exceedingly tired and emotional and was already shooting in New Orleans without a script . |
| 15 | He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action . |
| 16 | He moved faster than I would have thought anyone could on a train and was already talking into a radio headset when I reached his office . |
| 17 | I just knew it would be a trick question to start the contest and was desperately groping for a trick answer when Swartz said ‘ Silverstone ’ and scored his opening point . |
| 18 | They were five people in one small room , and hardly a word was said between them until Gus Hambro had a large brandy under his belt , and was visibly returning into circulation . |
| 19 | She thought it was Swimmer of Lakes for a moment , but her horse had already returned to open land and was quietly grazing to the east . |
| 20 | deane still looks out of sorts though , but Wallace is back to his old ways and was continually running at the defenders . |
| 21 | The epilogue to this evening 's survival devotions was , strange as it may seem , exactly as I should have expected it to turn out , I do not remember when I missed — or at what stage — my flight engineer , but when I returned to camp and was literally wallowing in what the High Master at Command had to say to me . |
| 22 | A few months later , I received a letter from Surrey County AA which stated : ‘ … affiliations to BAF do not include a county affiliation , ’ and was consequently asking for a fee . |
| 23 | And after running out of ideas against Watson he then appeared to run out of strength and motivation and was actually looking at the canvas instead of into his opponents ' eyes in the seventh round when he was flattened by a thumping left jab . |
| 24 | But the Doctor had turned on his heel and was almost skipping along the right-hand corridor . |
| 25 | Philip loved the smelly , aggressive little dogs and was always fussing in case they got stuck down the rabbit holes . |
| 26 | William suggested , because she 'd just bought Mary Ann Evans 's and was always talking about the trouble she was having finding good staff . |
| 27 | He did not gel with Chapman , and was never going to be a direct replacement , so I could n't see where he was going to fit in long-term . |
| 28 | By now I had forgotten Vauban and was surreptitiously staring at the two seated figures . |
| 29 | By 1850 , Abel was still assisting at the college , whereas Mansfield was preparing his naphtha fractions elsewhere and was eagerly looking for socially useful outlets for his products . |
| 30 | His face was blackened , he was bleeding from the head and was possibly suffering from shock . |