Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But probably a guard had spotted it and it was right now sitting in some staff-room in Queen Street station , or Gallanach . |
| 2 | Naylor , tall , dark , and not looking any sweeter , was right there towering over her . |
| 3 | Lord Beddington , mindful of the same appointment , was rather optimistically emerging from the shop with a bottle of Lockyers Sulphur Hair-restorer , and six tablets of Amiral soap ( ‘ Removes Burden of Corpulency ’ ) . |
| 4 | In the end it was rather like working for two pop stars . |
| 5 | Making war in the twelfth century was rather like going on strike in the twentieth : it was a method of exerting economic and financial pressure on your opponent — it was not intended that it should end in his death . |
| 6 | The formal nature of the signature does indeed suggest that Molla Fenari was signing the document in an official capacity ( cf. the informal nature of the problematical signature , cited on p. 155 of Husameddin 's article and discussed below , where Molla Fenari has clearly been asked simply to lend his name to the proceedings ) ; and while he was most probably acting as kadi of Bursa , as the biographical sources would suggest , it should be noted that the signature is not in itself conclusive proof of this . |
| 7 | has a wealth of experience in the food ingredients industry both in the UK and abroad and was most recently working for an Australian ingredients company . |
| 8 | I think my first thought was a black armband to wear on my uniform I was so proudly wearing at the time of the news . |
| 9 | Rob was so obviously brimming with enthusiasm that Merrill had to say carefully , ‘ I think it sounds delightful . ’ |
| 10 | Horace Walpole described her as having a ‘ paltry air of significant learning and absurdity ’ , and added that she was so totally lacking in humour that ‘ she repined when she should laugh and reasoned when she should be diverted ’ . |
| 11 | He was all right going up the stairs till half-way . |
| 12 | When faced with one ‘ old boy type ’ executive' who on meeting her with a view to beginning an assignment declared that there was no place for women in his business , she announced that as he was obviously only looking for someone just like himself , he could do that better than she could . |
| 13 | He was perhaps still living in 1315 , but the date of his death and the place of his burial are not known . |
| 14 | There was naturally much rejoicing in Britain that the worm was turning in 1989–90 , but there would have been more had there been a spinner or two in the team . |
| 15 | But did it not occur to you , ’ Theda said , her breast heaving with the passion she was only just holding in check , ‘ that I have lately not been seen ? |
| 16 | In 1786 , when the true age of man was only just beginning to be appreciated , Anglo-Saxon remains were first identified as such . |
| 17 | That there were many factors to be considered is shown by the fact that in 1880 the depression was only just beginning to be felt by industry , while it had already hit agriculture badly . |
| 18 | Alas , I was only just beginning to be visually aware , but to the extent to which I have grown in such awareness over the years I believe it was Basil and Ruth who started to make me look and see . |
| 19 | It was only just getting over the shock 21 years later when an apparition sauntered past St Paul ‘ s School and round the corner of Gartocher Road into Shettleston Road . |
| 20 | The Sheikh was only just getting into his stride . |
| 21 | As curare was only just emerging from obscurity ( see Chapter 6 ) , this was a very prompt seizure of a new opportunity for therapy . |
| 22 | When I first visited John Smiths in 1968 , the council was only just embarking on its policy of making Glasgow a city dedicated to the motorway . |
| 23 | She sounded astonished , and I knew that the real danger of the moment was only just occurring to her . |
| 24 | Ringa Hustle … was one of the last dogs to go into the traps at wimbledon on Saturday … he was drawn in three alongside his kennel mate Lassa Java … the derby is the race of the year for greyhounds … 40,000 to the winner and there was only ever going to be one winner … |
| 25 | Yeah I mean like when I was in the park I only did it between because I was only really talking to one person at one time , but I mean like I could n't remember anywhere . |
| 26 | Erm and it was only afterwards reflecting on it I think he was coming to me . |
| 27 | When I talked to Moore , he was apparently still living with Brogan Lane . |
| 28 | He was just quietly walking into the wall , while the rest of us stood around in an awkward half-circle . |
| 29 | She was just like talking to herself , she 's going |
| 30 | Oh that well it Well it was just like sitting in in the barn and this well it was a laugh . |