Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy in Cape Town , who was slowly suffocating to death , yesterday became the world 's first child to have an artificial windpipe implanted , during an operation by a British surgeon . |
| 2 | The Saturday Benediction was slowly dying of indifference . |
| 3 | It was the most inspiring experience of my life and the visit provided food for my hungry spirit which by then was slowly dying from malnutrition . |
| 4 | He was so lacking in compassion , in basic humanity . |
| 5 | Now , at last , here in Hochhauser , looking her best , with her dear , dear friends from the past , she knew it was all going to work . |
| 6 | ‘ It ’ was all happening at sea . |
| 7 | The exchange rate policy was highly damaging to manufacturing . |
| 8 | There was no reference to the key educational issue in the Queen 's speech , and Michael Stewart ( the new Secretary of State ) was obviously playing for time : ‘ I would rather wait a bit for a good comprehensive system than try to push a sham version in its place . ’ |
| 9 | He got round in par figures , but was obviously playing from memory . |
| 10 | He was obviously coming into form . |
| 11 | They therefore proposed the idea of continuous creation whereby matter was constantly popping into existence . |
| 12 | I was only popping over chemist to get a bloody |
| 13 | I was only asking for confirmation of what I expected . |
| 14 | Well I was only going to sleep Jo , I was n't doing anything , I 'm just tired . |
| 15 | He was only missing from Palace line-ups from that time as a result of injury or illness , though his playing record demonstrates that he was prone to neither , and it was while we had Billy Callender in goal that Palace came closest to returning to Division 2 in 1928–29 , when we finished as runners-up to Charlton on goal average . |
| 16 | We broke windows accidentally , we were throwing erm in fact I was only talking about whip and top the other day , and erm er which was a a game we used to play . |
| 17 | Her daughter was eagerly moving towards womanhood and would not be stopped . |
| 18 | Bozer was apparently acting in protest at not having been fully consulted by President Turgut Özal on Turkey 's stance in the current Gulf crisis . |
| 19 | Western observers commented that Gorbachev was apparently looking to religion to help provide the spiritual renewal which he saw as an essential part of perestroika . |
| 20 | I thought it was better going to drama school direct rather than via a university and if you 're going to act I think that 's the way . |
| 21 | By ten that evening Polly was literally reeling with exhaustion . |
| 22 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 23 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 24 | Despite the critics , No Sex , Please was soon playing to capacity audiences , including a coach party from the Battersea pub whose darts team had kept Crawford busy during his period of unemployment . |
| 25 | The Last Movie was finally going into production . |
| 26 | The Duchess was desperately looking for help . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , in the potion laboratory , Mildred was desperately trying to overbalance the jar by climbing up the side and leaning on it . |
| 28 | The flowers had dripped all down his trousers , his face was frighteningly lacking in colour , he was trembling , and his lips seemed to be sticking together as he tried to speak . |
| 29 | The man was already living beyond sundown , George told himself . |
| 30 | Sooty turned to Yanto , who was already grinning with anticipation . |